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(Turdus rufus.) 



Iv.ferrugineus, subtus dilutiormaculatus> remigibus unicoloribiis, 

 cauda rottmdata, rectricibus nifis. 



Ferruginous Thrush, beneath paler and spotted; quills un- 

 spotted ; tail rounded ; its feathers rufous. 



Turdus rufus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2p3. g.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 

 812. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 338. M. Vieil. Ois. de V Amer, 

 Sept. 2. 4. Wils. Amer. Orn. 2. 83. 



Turdus carolinensis. Briss. 3. 223. 8. 



Le Mocquer frangois. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 323. Buff. PL 

 Enl 645. 



La Grive rousse. Vieil. Ois. de I' Amer. Sept. 2. 4. pi. 5Q. 



Fox-coloured Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zool. 1Q5. 



Ferruginous Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 3Q. 41. Wils. Amer. 

 Orn. 2. 63. pi. 14. / 1. 



IN length eleven inches : the beak blackish : 

 irides yellow : head and upper parts of the body 

 rufous : the greater and middle wing-coverts tipped 

 with white, forming a double bar of that colour 

 on the wings : quills brown, edged with rufous : 

 the under parts of the body white, varied with 

 dusky spots : tail rounded and rufous : legs brown : 

 female with the white bars on the wings much 

 narrower than the male ; in other respects the sexes 

 are alike. 



This species is found in most parts of North 

 America from Canada to Florida; in the latter 

 place and Georgia it is constantly found, but in 

 the northern parts it disappears in the autumn : in 



