aia Hla) Sle: 
fings the greateft part of the night, perched on the fummit of 
fome tall tree, or chimney top. Its natural note is truly fine, 
and varied without end; but befides this, it has the faculty of 
imitating the notes of ethers, which it even exceeds in me- 
lody. 
Turdus orpheus, Ziz. Sy/.i. p. 293. N° 11- 
Le Moqueur, Brif. orn. ii. p. 262. N° 27.—Bufy oif- iil» p. 325+ 
Cencontlatolli, Raiz Syz. p. 159. 
Polyglott Bird, WilJ. orn. p. 294. 
Leffer Mocking Bird, Edw. pl. 78.—Brown. Fam. p. 469. 
SOMEWHAT lefs than the laft: length eight inches and a 
half. Bill blackifh brown; the bafe befet with briftles: 
through the eyes pafies a kind of wreath, from the gape to 
the hind head, and over the eyes is a pale line: the upper part 
of the body is brownifh afh-colour; the under very pale, nearly 
white: tail a lictle cuneiform in fhape; of a dufky brown colour, 
except the outer feathers, which are wholly white, and the fecond 
white on the outer web: legs black. 
This is a native of the warmer parts of America, Famaica, 8c. 
Like the laft, it has a fong infinitely varied, and imitates likewife 
that of all other birds. 
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Le Moqueur varie, Bri/. orz. ii. p. 264. 
Tzaupan, Raii Syn. p. 160.—Will. orn. 394. 
HIS differs merely in being variegated with black and 
whitifh above; and having a mixture of black and cine- 
reous, fpotted with white, beneath. 
Said to be found in New Spain. 
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