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219.— VARIEGATED THRUSH. 



Turdus variegatus, Ind. Om. i. 332. Gm. Lin. i. 817. 

 Grive seconde, Ferm. Surin. ii. 187. 

 Variegated Thrush, Gen. Syn. ii. 29. 



SIZE of the last. Plumage above brown, beneath whitish; 

 every where intermixed with whitish and black, chiefly towards the 

 head and tail. 



Both these are found at Surinam ; but, by Mr. Fermin's short 

 account of them, it is scarcely clear whether they are distinct, or 

 referable to any known Species : he observes, that both feed on worms 

 and insects, and are good to eat. 



220.— YELLOW-BELLIED THRUSH. 



Turdus Brasiliensis, Ind. Om. i. 340. Gm. Lin. i. 831. 

 Yellow-bellied Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 42. Shaw's Zool. x. 216. 



SIZE of the Redwing. Bill black, not much curved, except 

 just at the tip, where there is a small notch ; upper parts of the 

 plumage black ; towards the lower part of the back, and rump ferru- 

 ginous ; under parts of the body pale rusty yellow, paler on the 

 chin and throat ; sides of the body crossed with transverse blackish 

 lines ; across the middle of the wing a bar of white ; tail slightly 

 cuneiform, the outer feathers white, the second and third white at 

 the ends for an inch ; the others just fringed with the same at the 

 tips; legs brown. — Said to inhabit Brazil. 



221.— BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. 



Turdus jugularis, Ind. Om. i. 351. 



" ater, Gm. Lin. i. 830. 



Merle a Gorge noire de St. Domingue, Buf. iii. 382. PL enl. 559. 



Black- throated Thrash, Gen. Syn. iii. 65. Shaw's Zool. x. 294. pi. 28. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. The bill black ; forehead, 

 between the bill and eye, chin, and throat to the breast, black, 



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