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LITTLE THRUSH. 

 (Turdus minor.) 



liV, ^fusco-nifescensy corpore subtus maculis nigricantibus vario, 

 gula abdomine crissoque albis. 



Brown-red Thrush, with the body beneath varied with dusky- 

 spots; the throat, abdomen, and vent white. 



Turdus minor. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 8O9. — Lath, Ind. Oryi. 1. 

 328. 5. — VieiL Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. 7- 



Turdus iliacus carolinensis. Briss. 2. 212. 4. 



Turdus fuscus. Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 817. female. — Lath, Ind, 

 Orn, 1. 322. 16. female. 



Turdus solitarius, Wils, Amer. Orn. 5. Q5. 



La Grivette d'Amerique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 289. 



Mauvis de la Caroline. Btiff. PI. Enl. 556./. 2. 



La Grive solitaire. VieiL Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. l-pL 63.. 



Brown Thrush. Pen, Arct. Zool. 2. 199. female. — Lath. Gen, 

 Syn, 3. 28. l6, female. 



Hermit Thrush. Wils. Amer. Orn, 5. 95.pl. 4S,f. 2. 



Little Thrush. Edw. gl, 2g6.^Cates, Carol, 31.— Arct. 

 Zool, 2. 201,— Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 20. 5. 



This is a small species, being only seven inches 

 in length: its beak and legs are dusky: orbits 

 pale : head and all the upper parts of the plumage 

 reddish brown : breast yellowish, varied with spots 

 of dusky: chin, belly, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts white : female with the spots on the breast 

 darker and more dusky : this species very much 

 resembles the Wood Thrush. 



The nest of this bird is composed externally of 

 coarse grass; it is put together extremely neat, 

 and most delicately lined with fine grass and horse- 



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