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RED-BREASTED THRUSH. 



(Turdus migratorius.) 



Tu. griseus, abdomine rufo^ palpehris albis, rectrice extimd apice 

 interiore alba. 



Grey Thrush, with a red abdomen, white eyelids, and the outer 

 tail-feather tipped with white on the inner web. 



Turdus migratorius. Lin, Syst, Nat. 1. 292. 6. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. Sll.-^Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 330. 12.— -JVils. Amer. Orn. 

 1.35. — Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 5. 



Turdus canadensis. Briss. 2. 225. g. 



La Litorne de Canada. Biif. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 307. 



Grive du Canada. Biif. PL Enl. 556. 1. 



La Grive erratique. Vieil. Ois. de I* Amer. Sept. 2. 5. pi, 60. 6I. 

 (young). 



Robin. TVils. Amer. Orn. 1. 35, pi, 2.f.2. 

 Red-breasted Thrush. Ven. Arct. Zool. 2. I96. — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. 3. 26. 12. 



This is a large species, being ten inches in 

 length : its beak is yellow at the base, and brown 

 at the tip : orbits white : the upper parts of the 

 body olive brown : the lower parts rufous, with 

 many of the feathers tipped with whitish on the 

 breast and belly: the throat whitish, sprinkled 

 with black dashes : tail black, bordered with olive 

 brown : legs brown : female with the whole of the 

 upper parts of the body pale brown, the wings and 

 tail darkest : the throat white, varied with blackish 

 lines : the breast and belly reddish white, with a 

 few brown spots : tail tipped with white, the two 

 middle feathers excepted : the young bird has all 



