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MOCKING THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Orpheus.) 



Tu. griseo^fuscus, subtus griseo-albus, rectricibus exterioribm 



apice, maculaque alarum, albis. 

 Grey-brown Thrush, beneath greyish white, with the lateral 



tail-feathers and spot on the wings white. 

 Turdus Orpheus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2Q3. 11. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 813. Lath. Jnd. Orn. 1. 33p. 47. Vieil. Ois. del'Amer. 

 Sept. 2. 12. 



Turdus pdyglottus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 203. 1O. Gmel. Sy&t. 

 Nat. 1. 812. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 33p. 45. Wils. Amer. Orn. 



2. 13. 



Turdus dominicensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2Q5. 21. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 831. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 3-40. 48. 

 Mini us. Briss. Orn. 2. 262. 27. 

 Mimus major. Briss. 2. 266. 2Q. 

 Merula dorainicensis. Briss. 2. 284. 38.^. 27.^ 1. 

 Le Merle Mocquere. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. 12. pi. 63. 

 Le Grand Mocqueur. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 325. Buff. PI. 



Enl. 558. f. 1. 



Le Mocqueur. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 325. 

 Merle de St. Domingue. Buff. Hist. Nat.. Ois. 3. 325. 

 Mock bird, or Mimic Thrush. Catesby. Cos. 1. pi. 27. Pen. 



Arci. Zool. 2. Ip4. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 40. 42. 

 St. Domingo Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 42. 44. 

 Lesser Mocking bird. Edtvards. Glean. 1. 78. 

 Mocking Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 41. 43. Wils. Amer. 



Orn. 2. 13. pi. lO.f. 1. 



MONS. Vieillot was the first author that put the 

 three Mocking Thrushes together, in which he 

 appears to be quite correct, as the descriptions of 

 each do not differ specifically from each other, 



