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MUSICIAN THRUSH. 



This very much resembles the Pensive Thrush ; 

 it is in length seven inches and a half : its beak is 

 brown, with the base and orbits of the eyes whitish : 

 the crown of the head is yellowish olive : the hind 

 parts of the head and neck, with the back, are 

 brown ; each feather with a dusky band near the 

 tip, which is whitish : the feathers of the sides of 

 the head and under parts of the body are reddish 

 white, edged with brown, and tipped with dirty 

 reddish white: the quills and tail are brown, edged 

 with grey; the rump and lesser wing-coverts ash- 

 coloured : legs brown. Inhabits the Philippine 

 Islands. - 



MUSICIAN THRUSH. 



(Tardus Arada.) 



Tu. rufo'fascus nigricante transversim striatus, subtus albidus, 

 sub oculis macula nigra albo-pmictata, genis colloque inferior e 

 rufo-JuVois, 



Reddish-brown Thrush, transversely striped with dusky; below 

 whitish; beneath the eyes a black spot, sprinkled with white; 

 with the cheeks and lower parts of the neck reddish orange. 



Turdus Arada. Latlu Ind, Orn, 1. 358. 114. 



Turdus cantans. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 825. 



L* Arada. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 4. 480. 



Le Musicien de Cayenne. Buff. PL Enl. 706.f. 2. 



Musician Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 80. 109. 



This amusing species is one of the most solitary 

 of the genus, rarely frequenting the neighbour- 



