TURDID.E — THE THRUSHES — GALEOSCOPTES. 



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more than half the second, about half the third. Tail graduated. Tarsi longer than 

 middle toe and claw ; sciitellate anteriorly, more or less distinctly in different specimens. 

 Scutclla; about seven. 



G. Carolinensis. 



The single species hitlierto assigned to this genus, the common Cat-bird 

 of the United States, closely resembles the Mocking-bird in form, differing 

 mainlv in coloration. 



Galeoscoptes Carolinensis, Li.vn.sus. 



THE CAT-BIRD. 



Musckapa Carolinensis, Lixs-el'S, Syst. Nat. I. 1776, .328. — Orpheus Carolinensis, AuD., 

 Birds Amer. II. 1841, 19.i; pi. 140. — Mimus Carolinensis, Baird, Birds North Amer. 

 1859, 346. — Galeoscoptes Carolinensis, Baird, Rev. Amer. Birds, 54. 



Turdus felivox, ViEiLLOT. Turdus lividus, WiLSOX. 



Sp. Ch.\r. Prevailing color dark plumbeous, more ashy beneath ; crown of head and 

 nape sooty brown. Under tail coverts brownish chestnut. Length, 8.85 ; wing, 3. Go ; tail, 

 4.00; tarsus, 1.05, 



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Hah. Head-waters of Columbia River, Central Rocky fountains, and east to Atlantic ; 

 south to Panama. Resident in Bermuda. 



