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BLACK-CRESTED THRUSH. 

 (Turdus cirrliatus.) 



Tu. cristatus griseo-cinereiis, pileo collo iriferiore pectoreque nlgris^ 

 gula albo-varia, tectricibus alarum apice^ rectricibus margine et 

 apice albis. 



Crested Thrush, of an ash-coloured grey, with the top of the 

 head, lower part of the neck, and breast, black ; throat varied 

 with white ; the tips of the wing-coverts and tail-feathers, also 

 the margins of the latter, white. 



Turdus cirrhatus. Gmel Syst. Nat, 1. 820. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 359. 120, 



Le Fourmilier huppe. Buf, Hist. Nat, Ois. 4. 476. 

 Black-crested Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 83. 113. 



This is one of the ant-eating species : it is in 

 length six inches : irides black : the top of the 

 head with long black feathers, forming a crest, 

 which can be set up at the pleasure of the bird : 

 the prevailing colour of the plumage is of a greyish 

 cinereous: the wing-coverts tipped with white: 

 the throat varied with black and white : fore-part 

 of the neck and breast black : tail wedge-shaped, 

 margined and tipped with white : female with a 

 rufous tinge ail over her body, and with the crest 

 rufous : it sometimes varies in wanting the white 

 tips to the wing-coverts. Inhabits Cayenne : is 

 said to breed several times in the year, laying 

 three eggs each time. 



