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FERRUGINOUS THRUSH. 

 (Turdus rufus.) 



Tu ,Jerrugineus, subtus dilutior maculatus, remigibiis unicoloribus, 

 Cauda rotundata, rectricibus rufis. 



Ferruginous Thrush, beneath paler and spotted; quills un- 

 spotted ; tail rounded ; its feathers rufous. 



Turdus rufus. Lin. Si/st, Nat. 1. 293. g.—Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 

 ^12,— Lath, Ind, Orn, 1. 338. 44,~-Vieil. Ois. de VAmer, 

 Sept, 2. 4. — Wils, Amer, Orn, 2. 83. 



Turdus carolinensis. Briss. 3. 223. 8. 



Le Mocquer frangois. Buff. Hist, Nat. Ois. 3. 323,— Buff, PL 

 Enl. 645. 



La Grive rousse. Vieil. Ois. de I* Amer, Sept. 2. 4. pi. SQ. 

 Fox-coloured Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zool. 195. 

 Ferruginous Thrush, Lath, Gen. Syn, 3. 39. 41. — Wils. Amer, 

 Orn, 2. S3. pi. 14./, 1. 



In length eleven inches : the beak blackish : 

 irides yellow : head and upper parts of the body 

 rufous : the greater and middle wing-coverts tipped 

 with white, forming a double bar of that colour 

 on the wings : quills brown, edged with rufous : 

 the under parts of the body white, varied with 

 dusky spots : tail rounded and rufous : legs brown : 

 female with the white bars on the wings much 

 narrower than the male ; in other respects the sexes 

 are alike. 



This species is found in most parts of North 

 America from Canada to Florida; in the latter 

 place and Georgia it is constantly found, but in 

 the northern parts it disappears in the autumn : in 



