164 THRUSH. 



bordered by rufous, extending to the crown, which is the same in 

 colour; the rest of the parts above brown, more or less shaded; 

 greater wing coverts and quills blackish brown, edged with pale 

 grey; rump and under parts greenish yellow, with a few scattered 

 black spots on the breast and belly ; tail three inches long, rounded 

 at the end, colour the same as the back ; all but the two middle 

 feathers margined with blackish ; legs black. — Inhabits St. Domingo. 



222— LITTLE THRUSH. 



Turdus minor, Ind. Orn. i. 328. Gm.Lin.\. 809. VieiU.Am.u. p. 7. pi. 63. 

 ' iliacus Carolinensis, Bris. ii. 212. Id. 8vo. i. 217. 



minimus, Klein, Av. 61. 23. 



La Grivette d'Amerique, Bvf. iii. 289. 

 Mauvis de la Caroline, PI. enl. 556. 2. 



Little Thrush, Gen. Syn. iii. 20. Id. Sup. 139. Cat. Car. pi. 31 ? Edw. pi. 296 ? 

 Arct. Zool. ii. No. 201. Gent. Mag. V. xxiii. pi. p. 29. Shaw's Zool. x. 177. 



LENGTH near seven inches ; breadth ten. Bill pale brown, 

 with a few bristles at the base ; round the eye somewhat pale ; irides 

 dark brown ; head, and all the upper parts, reddish brown ; breast 

 yellowish, spotted with dusky; chin, belly, thighs, and under tail 

 coverts white ; sides over the thighs pale tawny ; tail nearly two 

 inches and three quarters long, even, rufous brown, a trifle hollowed 

 out in the middle ; legs ash-colour. 



Both sexes nearly alike, but the female is every where paler. 



This Species is common in Philadelphia throughout the summer, 

 and builds in the swamps and thick woods; comes in April, and 

 retires into Carolina in autumn, where it remains during winter. 



Mr. Abbot informs me, that this bird is found in the oak woods 

 of Georgia throughout the year, and during the season of incubation, 

 the male has a fine, shrill note; begins to make the nest the latter 

 end of April, which is composed chiefly of dry leaves, tree moss, and 

 lichens, mixed with dirt ; the eggs four in number, of a deep blue 

 green ; they feed on berries, like many other Thrushes, but the note 

 is not equally melodious; the flesh, when fat, is finely flavoured: 

 found also in the woody mountains of Jamaica. 



