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MERULIDiE. 



mage fly in large flocks, and feed upon berries and in- 

 sects : from the 31st to the 88th are solitary, and feed 

 less upon insects, and may probably be divided by 

 the old name Merula, or Blackbird : while the S8th 

 and 29th, whose mocking propensities exist in an 

 extraordinary degree, may, after Brisson, be termed 

 Mimus, or Mockbird. Again, the four last species 

 greatly resemble the birds comprised in the genus 

 Saxicola, both in structure and manners j the beak 

 and legs being considerably more slender than in the 

 generality of Thrushes : they form, consequently, a 

 most interesting link between this and the following 

 family. 



Sp. 1. Tu. viscivorus. Steph. v.x.j?. 172. — Britain and Europe, 

 Sp. 2. Tu. pilaris. Steph. v. x. p. 186. pL 19.— Britain and 

 Europe. 



Sp. 3. Tu. musicus. Steph. v. x. p. 174. — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 4. Tu. iliacus. Steph. v. x.p. 183. — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 5. Tu. rufus. Steph. v. x. 191. — North America. 



Sp. 6. Tu. migratorius. Steph, v. x. p. 276. — North America. 



Sp. 7. Tu. Guyanensis. Steph. v. x. p. 178. — Guiana. 



Sp. 8. Tu. minor. Steph. v. x. p. 177. — North America. 



Sp. 9. Tu. olivaceus. Steph. v. x. p. 189. — Le Griveron. Le 



Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iii. pi. 98, 99.— The Cape of Good Hope. 

 Sp. 10. Tu. vociferans. Swain. Zool. Illust. Hi. pi. 180. 

 Tu. cinereus infra Jerrugineus ; temporibus auribiisque nigris; 



caudd rotundatd, pennis mediis nigris ; lateribus Jerrugineis. 

 Cinereous Thrush beneath ferruginous ; with the ears and sides of 



the head black ; the tail rounded^, its middle-feathers black, and 



lateral feathers ferruginous. 

 Le Reclameur. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. iii. pi. 104. — CafFrarian 



Thrush. Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. 99. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Length seven inches 

 and a half: the upper plumage is dark cinereous : on 



