INSECTIVOR. 
Family TURDIDZ. ( Bonaparte.) 
Genus TuRDUS. 
Generic Characters —Beak medium size, 
(Linneus.) 
compressed, and 
more or less bent at the tip; the upper mandible hollowed 
out towards the end; isolated hairs at the gape. 
Nostrils 
basal, lateral, ovoid, and partly covered by a naked membrane. 
Feet with the tarsi longer than the middle toe; the exterior 
toe united at its base to the middle one. 
The first primary 
almost wanting, or short; in some species the third is the 
longest, in others the fourth. 
RED-BREASTED THRUSH. 
Turdus nugratorius. 
Turdus migratorius, 
“ce ee 
“ec ce 
“ec 
Canadensis, 
The Robin, 
Migratory Thrush,— 
American Fieldfare, 
Merle Erratique and 
Litorne du Canada. 
Wanderdrossel. 
Specific Characters.— Wings 
with the bastard feathers short; 
first primary longer than the third, the second longest of all. 
Linnzvus. Gmewin. LarHam. 
ViIEILLOT. TEMMINCK. 
Bonaparte. SCHLEGEL. 
Brisson. 
WILson. 
Or AvrTHors. 
OF THE FRENCH. 
Or THE GERMANS. 
