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and feet pale flesh colour, the lower mandible black towards tho 

 tip ; irides yellow ; eggs 5, greenish-white speckled with brown. 



Dorsal aspect. Ferruginous ; greater and smaller wing coverts 

 of same colour, succeeded by a deep brown, terminated by a white 

 tip ; primaries and secondaries ferruginous on the outer vanes, 

 and inclining to ash on the inner ones, except the three last se- 

 condaries which are wholly ferruginous ; tail 5j inches long, 

 cuneiform; the three lateral feathers inclining towards their 

 tips. 



Ventral aspect. White, with tear shaped spots of blackish- 

 brown on sides of neck, breast and flanks; tail coverts ferru- 

 ginous white. 



4th primary longest ; 2nd of same length as secondaries; 1st 

 very short ; in consequence of which relative length of these quills 

 the wing is short and rounded. Length llf inches; alar breadth 

 13 inches. Female scarcely difl'ers from the male. 

 T.felivox. The Cat Bird. 

 Mimus CaroUnensis. Baird ! 



v.t.p. Bill black, not notched ; legs brown ; irides deep hazel; 

 eggs 4 to 6, emerald green. 



Dorsal aspect. Slate colour ; crown of the head and tail black ; 

 primaries and secondaries blackish-slate colour. 



Ventral aspect. Pale slate ; undertail coverts reddish-brown ; 

 tail rounded. 



3rd primary longest. Length 8 J inches ; alar breadth 10 inches. 

 The female does not diff'er from the foregoing description. In 

 the young bird of the year the black of the head is not developed, 

 and the reddish-brown of the undertail coverts is paler. 



T, minor. The Hermit or Little Thrush, 

 T, solitarius of Wilson ! 

 Turdus pallasi ? Baird ! 

 V.S.P. Upper mandible black ; lower one towards the base and 

 the legs pale flesh ; irides deep hazel ; eggs 4 to 5, greenish-blue, 

 mottled with olive. 



Dorsal aspect. Olivaceous, inclining to rufous on the head, ac- 

 cording to Nuttall — in the specimen before me, olivaceous ; tail 

 ferruginous ; primaries and secondaries inclining to ferruginous 

 on the outer webs, and ashy on inner ones. 



Ventral aspect. Line round the eye white ; chin, throat, and 

 breast yellowish-white, streaked with black on the side of the 



