BLACK-CRESTED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus cirrhatus.) 



Tu. cristatus griseo-cinereus, pileo collo inferiore pectoreqne nigris, 

 gtda albo-varia, tectricibus alarum apice, rectricibus margine et 

 apice albis. 



Crested Thrush, of an ash-coloured grey, with the top of the 

 head, lower part of the neclc, and breast, black ; throat varied 

 with white; the tips of the wing-coverts and tail-feathers, also 

 the margins of the latter, white. 



Turdus cirrhatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 826. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 359. 120. 



Le Fourmilier huppe. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 476. 



Black-crested Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 83. 113. 



THIS is one of the ant-eating species : it is in 

 length six inches : irides black : the top of the 

 head with long black feathers, forming a crest, 

 which can be set up at the pleasure of the bird: 

 the prevailing colour of the plumage is of a greyish 

 cinereous : the wing-coverts tipped with white : 

 the throat varied with black and white : fore-part 

 of the neck and breast black : tail wedge-shaped, 

 margined and tipped with white : female with a 

 rufous tinge all over her body, and with the crest 

 rufous : it sometimes varies in wanting the white 

 tips to the wing-coverts. Inhabits Cayenne : is 

 said to breed several times in the year, laying 

 three eggs each time. 



