SPECKLED THRUSH. SO? 



This species receives its name from its loud 

 and piercing cry, which is similar to the alarum 

 of a clock, and is continued about an hour, morn- 

 ing and evening : it is said to be good for food ; 

 and is common in Cayenne. 



SPECKLED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus lineatus.) 



Tu.fasco*o!ivaceus, stiltus albus fusco punctatus, lateribus colli 



albo-tineatis, tectriciltus alarum maculis riifis. 

 Olive-brown Thrush, beneath white, spotted with brown ; the 



sides of the neck striped with white ; the wing- coverts with 



rufous spots. 

 Turdus lineatus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 828. Lath. Ind. Om. 1. 



301. 126. 



Le petit Befroi. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 472. 

 Fourmilier grivele de Cayenne. Biiff. PI. Enl. 813.f. 1. 

 Speckled Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 87. 110. 



THIS very much resembles the preceding species, 

 but is considerably less, measuring not quite five 

 inches and a half in length : its beak and legs are 

 brown, the latter palest : the upper parts of the body 

 olive brown : the chin, throat, breast, and belly, 

 white ; the two latter sprinkled with brownish 

 spots : the sides of the neck marked with narrow 

 white lines : the rump and vent pale olive brown : 

 some of the wing- coverts spotted with pale rufous. 

 Inhabits Cayenne. 



