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YELLOW-CROWNED THRUSH. 



This most elegant little species is the size of 

 the Sparrow, being in length five inches and three 

 quarters: beak brown, with the base flesh-colour: 

 crown of the head rusty yellow : supercilia blackish : 

 upper parts of the plumage of an elegant brown 

 green : quills and tail deep olive green : sides of 

 the head and under parts of the body white : the 

 throat, part of the neck, and part of the breast, 

 spotted with dusky: legs yellowish brown. 



This bird inhabits the whole of the United States : 

 it has a curious cry, like the words peche-pecJie- 

 peche^ which is continually uttered, and kept up 

 for nearly half a minute each time : it builds its 

 nest on the ground, of leaves and dry grass, lined 

 with wool and hair y it has a covering at the top, 

 and a small hole in the side for an entrance : its 

 eggs are either four or five in number, and are of 

 a white colour, irregularly spotted with reddish 

 brown, particularly at the larger end. 



YELLOW-CROWNED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus ochrocephalus.) 



Tu. pileo genisque Jlavis^ corpore suhtus cinereo remigibus rectri- 



cibusque obscure viridibusy sub genis striga alba. 

 Thrush with the top of the head and cheeks yellow; body 



beneath ash-coloured ; quills and tail-feathers dull green; and 



with a white stripe beneath the cheeks. 

 Turdus ochrocephalus. GmeL Si/st. Nat, 1, 821, ^Lath, Ind, 



Orn, 1. 355. 103. 

 Sturnus zeylanicus. GmeU Syst. Nat, 1. 804» 



