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RED-BREASTED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus migratorius.) 



Tu. griseus, abdomine rtifo, palpebris albis, rectrice extima apice 



interiors alba. 

 Grey Thrush, with a red abdomen, white eyelids, and the outer 



tail-feather tipped with white on the inner web. 

 Turdus migratorius. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2Q2. 6. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 811. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 330. 12.Wils. Amer. Orn. 



1. 35. Vieil. Ois. tiff I' Amer. Sept. 2. 8. 

 Turdus canadensis. Briss. 2. 225. 9. 

 La Litorne de Canada. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 307. 

 Grive du Canada. Buff. PL Enl. 556. 1. 

 La Grive erratique. Vieil. Ois. de I' Amer. Sept. 2. 5. pi. 60. 6l. 



(young). 



Robin. JVils. Amer. Orn. \ . 35. ;;/. 2.f. 2. 

 Red-breasted Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 196. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3.26. 12. 



THIS is a large species, being ten inches in 

 length : its beak is yellow at the base, and brown 

 at the tip : orbits white : the upper parts of the 

 body olive brown : the lower parts rufous, with 

 many of the feathers tipped with whitish on the 

 breast and belly : the throat whitish, sprinkled 

 with black dashes : tail black, bordered with olive 

 brown : legs brown : female with the whole of the 

 upper parts of the body pale brown, the wings and 

 tail darkest : the throat white, varied with blackish 

 lines: the breast and belly reddish white, with a 

 few brown spots : tail tipped with white, the two 

 middle feathers excepted : the young bird has all 



