THRUSH. 153 



Inhabits Cayenne, and feeds on ants, and other insects ; is a 

 solitary bird, most frequently found perched singly on a tree, in 

 deep forests, never descending but for the sake of its food. It is 

 much regarded for the song, which is so fine, as to entitle it to the 

 name of Musician : it is said first to repeat seven notes of the octave ; 

 after which whistles several airs of different tones and accents, much 

 resembling those from a flute, and is by some thought superior to a 

 Nightingale ; at other times so like one man whistling to another, 

 as to deceive any person. 



A. — Differs in having the tip of the bill more bent; throat white, 

 with a half-collar of black beneath it, the upper parts of the plumage 

 uniformly rufous, without the dusky lines. 



B. — Length five inches. Bill moderately stout ; crown and nape 

 ferruginous-chestnut ; hind part of the neck to the back black, the 

 feathers dashed with white down the shafts ; back and wing coverts, 

 rump, tail, and quills, the same as the crown ; but the last barred 

 with black ; chin and throat dull rufous; breast, belly, and vent pale 

 brown, or dun-colour ; legs pale. — In the collection of Gen. Davies. 



203— BARRED-TAILED THRUSH. 



Turdus Coraya, Ind. Orn. i. 358. Gm. Lin. i. 825. Buf. iv. 484. PL enl. 701. 1. 

 Barred-tailed Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 358. Shaw's Zool. x. 299. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill as in the Common Thrush ; 

 top of the head black, descending on each side of the neck, where it 

 gradually lessens, and ends in a point ; in the middle of this the eye 

 is placed, and beneath it several slender short white streaks ; chin, 

 and throat white, inclining to cinereous on the breast ; the general 

 colour of the plumage, otherwise, is rufous-brown, paler beneath ; 



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