RED-LEGGED THRUSH. 283 



hood of inhabited places, but in deep forests, 

 where it may be observed perched singly on a 

 tree, uttering its song, which is most beautiful, 

 and is so much admired among the Cayennese, 

 that they have given it the name of musician : its 

 length is four inches : beak black : upper parts of 

 the body, wings, and tail, rufous brown, striated 

 transversely with dusky: the chin, cheeks, and 

 throat rufous orange, with a broad black patch, spot- 

 ted with white, on each side of the neck, beneath 

 the eye : the breast, belly, and vent, dirty white : 

 legs yellowish : it feeds principally on ants : its song, 

 which is thought superior, by many, to that of the 

 Nightingale, consists of different tones and ac- 

 cents, much resembling the flute, and sometimes 

 a short whistle. 



RED-LEGGED THRUSH. 



(Turdus plumbeus.) 



Tu. ccerulescens, gula atro punctata, rectricibus quatuor exteriori- 



bus apice albis. 

 Blueish Thrush, with the throat spotted with blackish, and the 



four outer tail-feathers white at their tips. 

 Turdus plumbeus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 814. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 334. 29. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 294. 12. Vieil. Ois. de I'Jmer. 



Sept. 2. 2. 



Merula Americana cinerea. Briss. 2. 288. 40. 

 La Grive cendree d' Amerique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 314. 



Buff. PL Enl. 560. I. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 2. pi. 5S. 

 Red-legged Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zoo/. 2. 20O. Lath. Gen. Syn. 



3. 33. 29. 



