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the under mandible yellowish: head nearly black: 

 nape with a ferruginous streak, reaching up to the 

 eyes : the upper parts of the body dusky cine- 

 reous : lesser wing-coverts plain ash-colour ; the 

 other the same, with a ferruginous triangular spot 

 at the tip of each : primary quills dusky, each 

 feather with two ferruginous spots, one near the 

 base, and the other about the middle of the outer 

 web : secondaries with only one spot, which is 

 situated near the tip : under parts of the body 

 ferruginous orange, palest near the vent : breast 

 with a black band : tail dusky cinereous : legs yel- 

 low : female without the black band on the breast, 

 which is dull red, of a dusky cinereous above, and 

 the throat and chin inclined to white: lower parts 

 of the body nearly white. 



AMERICAN THRUSH. 

 (Turdus americanus.) 



Tu. corpore violaceo-nitentey suhtus obscuro, remigibus apice rufis, 



rostro pedibusque rttfis. 

 Thrush with the body of a shining violet 3 beneath obscure ; 



with the tips of the quills and the beak and feet rufous. 

 Turdus americanus. Lath, Ind.Orn. 1. 34;2. 52. 

 Turdus aurantius. ^. GmeL Syst. Nat, 1. 832. 

 Merula americana. Briss. 2. SOS, 51. 

 White-chinned Thrush. Lath, Gen, Syn, 3. 45. c. 



This species is a native of the warmer parts of 

 America : it is the size of a Blackbird : its beak and 

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