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VARIED THRUSH. 
TurRDUS NZ&VIUS, GMEL. 
PLATE CCCLXIX. Aputr Mate. 
Or this beautiful Thrush, of which a figure not having the black 
band running quite across the breast, as is the case in the adult male, 
is given by Mr Swainson, in the Fauna Boreali-Americana, Dr 
Ricuarpson speaks as follows :—‘‘ This species was discovered at 
Nootka Sound, in Captain Coox’s third voyage, and male and female 
specimens, in the possession of Sir JosEpH Banks, were described by 
LatHam : Pennant has also described and figured the same male. 
The specimen represented in this work was procured at Fort Franklin, 
lat. 653°, in the spring of 1826. We did not hear its song, nor ac- 
quire any information respecting its habits, except that it built its 
nest in a bush, similar to that of the Merula migratoria. It was not 
seen by us on the banks of the Saskatchewan ; and, as it has not ap- 
peared in the list of the Birds of the United States, it most probably 
does not go far to the eastward of the Rocky Mountains in its migra- 
tiens north and south. It may perhaps be more common to the west- 
ward of that ridge.” 
Dr Ricuarpson’s conjecture as to the line of march followed by 
it has proved to be correct, Dr Townsenn and Mr Nurratu having 
found it abundant on the western sides of the Rocky Mountains. The 
former of these zealous naturalists informs me that he “ first found this 
Thrush on the Columbia River in the month of October, and that it 
becomes more numerous in winter, which it spends in that region, 
though some remove farther south. It there associates with the Com- 
mon Robin, Twurdus migratorius, but possesses a very different note, it be- 
ing louder, sharper, and quicker than those of the latter, and in the 
spring, before it sets out for its yet unascertained breeding-place, it 
warbles very sweetly. It is called Ammeskuk by the Chinooks.” 
Mr Norvra.t’s notice respecting it is as follows :—“ Of this bird, 
whose manners so entirely resemble those of the Common Robin, we 
know almost nothing. They probably breed as far north as Nootka, 
where they were first seen by the naturalists of Coox’s expedition. On the 
