

THRUSH. 





212 Jamaica 



220 Yellow-bellied 



229 Rufous-naped 



213 Berbice 



221 Black-throated 



A Tetema 



214 Red-legged 



222 Little 



B Var. 



215 White-chinned 



223 Guiana 



230 Alarum 



A Var. 



224 Pectoral 



231 Speckled 



216 Thili 



225 Darkened 



232 Ant 



217 Ferruginous 



226 Wagtail 



233 King 



218 Yellow-backed 



227 Hoary 



A Var. 



219 Variegated 



228 White-eared 



234 Pileated 



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THE prevailing characters of the Thrush Genus are the following : 



Bill generally straight, bending towards the point, and, for the 

 most part, with a notch near the end of the upper mandible. 



Nostrils oval. Tongue slightly jagged at the end. 



At the corners of the mouth a few hairs. 



The middle toe connected with the outer to the first joint. 



The Thrush Tribe, or more properly speaking, the birds 

 generally included in that Genus by most authors, might no doubt, 

 were they to be strictly scrutinized, and were we to allow ourselves to 

 enter into nice and indiscriminating particulars, admit of separation 

 into several families ; as will appear when we proceed to the several 

 descriptions; but implicitly to follow the various opinions held 

 concerning them, would derange the plan laid down by us in this 

 work, if not bewilder the reader ; since the many writers who have 

 described them, have greatly differed one from the other in senti- 

 ment ; we have, therefore, continued here the same mode, for the 

 most part, as was formerly laid down by us; and trust, that we 

 shall be better understood than if we had departed from it in the 

 present case ; the species recorded under this Genus are very nume- 

 rous, and found in every part of the globe.* 



* Mr. Barrow judiciously observes, that a description of the different Thrushes of Africa, 

 would alone fill a volume, though not more than thirty specimens appear to have been 

 noticed. See Travels, p. 224. 



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