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MOCKING THRUSH. 

 (Turdus Orpheus.) 



Tu. griseo-fuscus, siibtus griseo-albus, rectricibus exteriorihus 



ajjice, maadaque alarum, albis. 

 Grey-brown Thrush, beneath greyish white, with the lateral 



tail-feathers and spot on the wings white. 

 Turdus Orpheus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 293. 11. — Gmel. Syst, Nat. 



1. 813. — Lath, Lnd, Orn, 1. 339- A7»—VieiL Ois. deVAmer. 

 Sept. 2. 12. 



Turdus polyglottus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 293. 10. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 83 2. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 339. 45. — Wils. Amer, Orn. 



2. 13. 



Turdus domlnicensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 295. 21. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 831. — LatL Lnd. Orn. 1. 340. 48. 

 Mimus. Briss. Orn. 2. 262. 2/. 

 Mimus major. Briss. 2. 2QQ. 2g. 

 Merula dominicensis. Briss, 2. 284. 38. pL 27 ^Jl 1. 

 Le Merle Mocquere. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2, 12. pi. 68. 

 Le Grand Mocqueur. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 325.— Buff. PL 



Enl. 558. f. 1 . 

 Le Mocqueur. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 325. 

 Merle de St. Domingue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 325. 

 Mock bird, or Mimic Thrush. Catesby. Gas. 1. pi. 27. — Ten. 



Arct. Zool. 2. 194. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 40. 42. 

 St. Domingo Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 42. 44. 

 Lesser Mocking bird. Edtmrds. Glean. 1. 78. 

 Mocking Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 41. 43. — Wils. Amer. 



Orn. 2. 13.pl. 10. f. 1. 



MoNS. Vieillot was the first author that put the 

 three Mocking Thrushes together, in which he 

 appears to be quite correct, as the descriptions of 

 eacli do not differ specifically from each other, 



