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(Turdus Fuscescens.) 



Tu. mustelinus, genis nigricante-fuscis, gula alba,jugulopectore- 



quejlitvicjnt'busfusco maculatis t venire albo, remigibus rectri- 



cibusyue acuminatis. 

 Tawny Tlirush, with the cheeks dusky brown ; the throat white ; 



jugulum and breast yellow, spotted with brown; belly white; 



quills and tail-feathers pointed at their tips. 

 Turdus mustelinus. Wils. Arner. Orn. 5, Q8. 

 Tawny Thrush. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. gs.pl. 43. f. 3. 



THIS has a very great affinity to the preceding, 

 but is nevertheless very distinct, as the descriptions 

 and figures demonstrate ; and it is not a little 

 surprising that Wilson in his American Ornitho- 

 logy should increase the confusion by giving a 

 name that was applied by Pennant to the preced- 

 ing, when he was confident this bird was a distinct 

 species, as he acquaints us in the last paragraph of 

 his description. 



It is in length ten inches, and in expanse one 

 foot : the whole of the upper parts of the body 

 are of an uniform tawny brown, the under white : 

 the sides of the head and under the wings slightly 

 tinged with cinereous : chin white : throat and 

 upper parts of the breast cream-coloured, and 

 marked with pointed brown spots : lores blueish 

 white : cheeks dusky brown : tail nearly even at 

 the end : shafts of the feathers and of the quills 

 reaching beyond their webs, in which it agrees 



