160 THRUSH. 



upper parts of the body deep ash-colour ; between the bill and eye 

 a black spot ; throat white, spotted black ; the rest of the parts 

 beneath paler ash-colour, changing nearly to white towards the 

 vent; quills blackish, edged with grey; tail cuneiform, and blackish, 

 the four outer feathers tipped with white ; legs red. 



The female is smaller, and differs chiefly in being of a paler 

 colour. The bird described by Catesby has the bill and the whole 

 of the throat black ; the rest of the body dusky blue. 



Inhabits several parts of North America, frequently seen in Caro- 

 lina; said to be most common in the Islands Andros and Ilathera ; 

 is fond of the maize when just sprouted, but not afterwards; feeds 

 also on worms, and other insects. 



215.— WHITE-CHINNED THRUSH. 



Turdus leucogenus, Ind. Om. i. 341. 



■ aurantius, Gm. Lin. i. 832. 

 Merula Jamaicensis, Bris. ii. 277. Id. 8vo. i. 235. 

 Merle brun de la Jamaique, Buf. iii. 391. Ferm. Suin. ii. 182. 

 Merula fusca, Rail, 185. Sloan, 305. t. 256. 2. Klein, 69. 27. 

 White-chinned Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 45. Shaw's Zoo/, x. 229. 



SIZE of a Blackbird. Bill orange, with a line of black near 

 the end ; plumage blackish brown, paler beneath ; chin and belly 

 whitish ; legs orange : some have a white spot on the secondaries. 



Inhabits Jamaica, in the woody mountains, and thought to be 

 good food : the fat is orange-coloured. 



A. — A Variety of this, wanting the white chin, was met with in 

 New Caledonia,* in the South Seas, as I learn from the manuscript 

 of the late Mr. Anderson. 



* Gen. Syn. iii. 45. No. 47. A. 



