RED-LEGGED THRUSH. 2183 



hood of inhabited places, but in deep forests, 

 where it may be observed perched singly on a 

 tree, uttering its song, which is most beautiful, 

 and is so much admired among the Cayennese, 

 that they have given it the name of musician : its 

 length is four inches : beak black : upper parts of 

 the body, wings, and tail, rufous brown, striated 

 transversely with dusky: the chin, cheeks, and 

 throat rufous orange, with a broad black patch, spot- 

 ted with white, on each side of the neck, beneath 

 the eye : the breast, belly, and vent, dirty white : 

 legs yellowish : it feeds principally on ants : its song, 

 which is thought superior, by many, to that of the 

 Nightingale, consists of different tones and ac- 

 cents, much resembling the flute, and sometimes 

 a short whistle. 



RED-LEGGED THRUSH. 



(Turdus plumbeus.) 



Tu. ccBrulescens, gula atro punctata, rectricihus quatuor exteriori' 

 bus npice albis. 



Blueish Thrush, with the throat spotted with blackish, and the 



four outer tail-feathers white at their tips. 

 Turdus plumbeus. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 814. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 334. 29.— Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 294. 12.— Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. 



Sept. 2.2. 



Merula Americana cinerea. Briss. 2. 288. 40. 



La Grive cendree d'Amerique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 314. — 



Buff. PL Enl. 560. 1. — Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 2. pi. 58, 

 Red-legged Thrush. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 200.— Lath. Gen, Syn. 



3. 33. 29. 



