THRUSH. 143 



189— BROWN THRUSH. 



Turdus fuscus, Ind. Orn. i. 332. Gm. Lin. i. 817. 

 Brown Thrush, Gen. Syn. Hi. 28. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 199 ? 



LENGTH five inches. Bill brown ; plumage above, wings, and 

 tail deep olive brown ; over the eye a yellowish streak ; sides of the 

 head, and beneath, from the chin, pale straw yellow, with dark 

 streaks ; middle of the belly plain yellow. 



Inhabits New York, and other parts of America, coming in 

 April, and departing in autumn. We have received this from Mr. 

 Abbot, of Georgia. As there are many of the Thrush kind in 

 America, it is not to be wondered, if some of them are confounded 

 with each other. Mr. Wilson supposes this to be the case, and is of 

 opinion, that his Hermit Thrush was figured by Catesby, pi. 31, as 

 the Little Thrush, as well as by Edwards, pi. 296, and that our 

 Tawny Thrush is the same as his Wood Species : we ought not to 

 contradict this statement, any more than many other alterations 

 suggested by him ; who, by living on the spot, and observing the 

 manners of the different birds, is more likely to come at the truth ; 

 but at all times to feel ourselves obliged to him, for endeavouring to 

 correct the errors of former writers on the subject. 



190.— GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH. 



Turdus aurocapillus, Ind. Orn. i. 328. Lin. i. 334. (Motacilla.) Gm. Lin. i. 982. 



Vieill.Am. ii. p. 8. pi. 64. Amer. Orn. ii. pi. 14. f. 2. 

 Ficedula Pensylvanica aurocapilla, Bris. iii. 504. t. 28. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 448. 

 Turdus minimus vertice aureo, Bartr. Trav. 288. 

 Grivelette de St. Domingue, Buf. iii. 317. PL enl. 398. 2. 

 Golden-crowned Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 21. Arct. Zool. ii. 203. Edw. pi. 252. Shaw's 



Zool. x. 199. 



THIS is not much larger than a Hedge Sparrow ; length five 

 inches and three quarters, rarely six inches. Bill brown, base flesh- 

 colour, with a few weak hairs ; crown of the head golden yellow ; 



