SPECKLED THRUSH. 



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This species receives its name from its loud 

 and piercing cry, which is similar to the alarum 

 of a clock, and is continued about an hour, morn- 

 ing and evening : it is said to be good for food ; 

 and is common in Cayenne. 



SPECKLED THRUSH, n 

 (Tardus lineatus.) 



Tv.Jiisco-olivaceus, suhtus albus fusco pundatiis^ laterihm colli 



albo-lineatis, tectricibus alarum maculis rufis. 

 Olive-brown Thrush, beneath white, spotted with brown ; the 



sides of the neck striped with white ; the wing- coverts with 



rufous spots. 



Turdus lineatus. Gmel. Syst, Nat, i. S2S.-^Lath, Tnd. Orn, I. 

 361. 126. 



Le petit Befroi. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois. 4. 472. 

 Fourmilier grivele de Cayenne. Buf. PI. EnL 82B,f. 1. 

 Speckled Thrush. Lath. Gen, Si/n. 3. 37. lig. 



This very much resembles the preceding species, 

 but is considerably less, measuring not quite five 

 inches and a half in length : its beak and leg's are 

 brown, the latter palest : the upper parts of the body 

 olive brown; the chin, throat, breast, and belly, 

 white ; the two latter sprinkled with brownish 

 spots : the sides of the neck marked with narrow 

 white lines : the rump and vent pale olive brown : 

 some of the wing-coverts spotted with pale rufous. 

 Inhabits Cayenne. 



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