CAT THRUSH. 



Length nine inches and a half : beak yellow : 

 the upper parts of the plumage brown : the quills 

 dusky brown, with pale edges: eyes surrounded 

 with a slender white line, reaching a short dis- 

 tance down the neck : irides yellow : under parts 

 of the body pale grey brown : tail dusky: legs 

 reddish : the female ferruginous, three of the 

 quills and three of the tail-feathers excepted, 

 which are nearly all white: it feeds on rice and 

 insects, has a very powerful note, and is an inha- 

 bitant of Bengal and China. 



/ CAT THRUSH. 



(Turdus felivox,) 



T\3,Jusous suhtus cinereus, capite nigro, crisso rnhro. 

 Brown Thrush, beneath ash-coloured, with the head black, and 

 vent red. 



Turdus felivox. Vieil. Ois, de I'Amer. Sept^ 2. 10. 

 Turdus lividus. Wils, Amer. Orfi. 2. 90. 



Muscipapa carolinensis. Lin. Syst, Nat, 1. 328. 18. — Gmel, Sy&t, 



Nat. 1. g46.—Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 483. 64. 

 Muscicapa Virginiana fusca. Briss, Orn. 2. 365. 5. 

 Le MoucheroUe de Virginie. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 562. 

 Cat Flycatcher. Pen. Arcf. Zool. 2. 2f2,—Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 



353. 54. 



Cat Bird. Cateshy. Car. \. pL QQ. 



Le Merle Cat Bird. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. 10. pi. 6/. 

 Cat Thrush. Wils. Amer. Orn. 2, go.pi. 14. fj, 3. 



Length eight inches : beak black : the upper 

 parts of the body and wings deep brown : the 



