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B. garrvtlus. Waxen Chatterer. 

 Ampelis garrulus of Linnaeus and Baird ! 



D.c. " Feet and legs black ; irides reddish ; eggs unknown. 



"Anterior part of the head bay, passing posteriorly into a red- 

 dish drab, which is the prevailing dorsal tint, as well as of the 

 breast ; lower part of the back and rump ochreous ; belly and 

 femorals pale ash ; vent reddish chesnut ; quills dusky, the 1st 

 spotless, all the others with white spots towards the tips of the 

 outer webs; four of the secondaries with red waxen tips ; feathers 

 of the bastard wing tipped with white; tail 3 inches, black, 

 broadly terminated with pale yellow." — {Condensed from Nut- 

 tall.) They are extremely rare visitants and seen chiefly during 

 the early and latter winter months frequently accompanying the 

 Crossbill and Grosbeak. 



Genus Turdus. 



Gen. char. Bill straight, compressed and curved at the apex ; 

 upper mandible notched and furnished with nuchal bristles, point- 

 ing forward ; nostrils basal, lateral rounded, and half closed by a 

 nak«d membrane ; outer and middle toes connected at the base ; 

 3rd, 4th and 5th primaries longest ; scapulars about as long as 

 the secondaries. 



T. migratorius. The Kobin. — Le Grieve. 

 T. (^Planesticus) migratorius. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Upper mandible black, with yellow edgings ; lower one 

 yellow with a black tip ; legs and feet dark brown ; eggs 5 bluish 

 green. 



Dorsal aspect. Brown ; crown of head, occiput and auriculars 

 black; primaries, secondaries, and greater wing coverts dark 

 brown, with edgings of a lighter hue; tail square^ black; two, 

 sometimes three of the lateral feathers with white tips. 



Ventral aspect. Orbit with three marginal white spots ; chin, 

 and throat white streaked with black ; breast, belly, sides, and 

 inner wing coverts red, the feathers tipped with white ; vent and 

 tail feathers white, the latter with a single broad conical brown 

 spot in the centre of the vanes; wing linings tinged with red. 



3rd primary longest; 1st and 5th equal; scapulars half the 

 length of the secondaries. Length 10 inches; alar breadth 16 

 inches. The female ha^ duller colours. 



T. rufus. Ferruginous Thrush or Thrasher. 



r.s.p. Upper mandible black, not notched ; lower one, legs 



