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INSECTIVOILE. 



Family TURDIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Turdtjs. (hinnceus.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak medium size, 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-BEEASTED THRUSH. 



Turdus migratorius. 

 Tardus migratorius, LiNNiEUS. Gmelin. Latham. 



" VlEILLOT. TEMMINCK. 



" Bonaparte. Schlegel. 



" Canadensis, Bkisson. 



The Robin, Wilson. 

 Migratory Thrush, — 



American Fieldfare, Of Authors. 

 Merle Frratique and 



Litorne du, Canada. Of the Feench. 



Wander drossel. Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Wings with the bastard feathers short; 

 first primary longer than the third, the second longest of all. 



