BIEDS ^TUKDIDAE— TDEDUS USTULATUS. 



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List of specimens. 



TURDUS USTULATUS, N u 1 1 a 1 1 . 



Turdus ustultttus, Ndttall, Man. Orn. I, (2d ed.) 1840, 400. Columbia river ; (printed cestulatus by a typographical 

 error.) 



Sp. Ch. — ^Third and fourth quills longest ; second intermediate between fourth and fifth. Tail nearly even. Upper parts 

 uniform reddish brown, with a faint olivaceous tinge. Fore part of the breast tinged with brownish y«llow, becoming paler to 

 the chin ; the remaining under parts are white. The sides of the throat and the fore part of the breast with small distinct triangular 

 spots of well defined brown, much darker than the back ; the sides of the breast more obsoletely spotted, and the sides of the 

 body washed with olivaceous yellow brown. The tibiae are yellowish brown. Nearly the whole of the lower mandible, except 

 the rami, is brown. Length, 7.50 ; wing, 3.75 ; tail, 3.00 ; tarsus, 1.12. 



Hab. — Coast region of Oregon and Washington Territories. 



This species, in the entire uniformity in color of its upper plumage, is related to T. swain- 

 sonii and to T. fuscescens. The former, however, has the upper plumage of a perfectly uniform 

 dull greenish olive, and the spots in the fore hreast are larger and hetter defined. It has much 

 resemblance to T. fuscescens. The upper parts^ however, show less red, having this of a faint 

 olive shade. The spots on the sides of the throat and on the breast are darker and well defined 

 instead of being rather obsolete ; they are decidedly darker than the ground color above instead 

 of lighter. The spots on the hinder part of the breast, too, are more distinct ; the axillaries 

 brownish yellow instead of ash. The tibial feathers are yellowish brown instead of whitish 

 ash, and the sides of the body more yellowish brown. The color of the tibiae is a strong feature. 

 The bill and feet are shorter. The olivaceous spots on the hind part of the breast extend nearly 

 to the central line, and are otherwise quite conspicuous, while in fuscescens there is little or 

 nothing of this. 



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