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difh-brown or clay-colour, not at all va- 
rying in the (hades of the feathers, as they 
do in our Engliili Thrufhes. The under 
fide of the wings and tail are afh- coloured, 
except that the inner webs of the quills 
are whitifli toward their bottoms. The 
throat, juft beneath the hill, is whitifh; 
the brcaft yellowifh, with dufky fpots. 
The belly, thighs, and covert-feathers be- 
neath the tail are white, a little (haded 
with alb-coloured. The legs, feet, and 
claws are of a flefli-colour. 
This bird I received, together with a 
fmaller fpecies of the Thrufli, (which fee 
figured and defcribed, plate 252 of this 
book) from my good friend Mr. William 
Bartram, of Philadelphia in Penfilvania ; 
who fays, that they arrive in April, and 
continue with them all the fummer, where 
they breed and bring up their young. Ca- 
tefby has figured it in his Hift. of Caro- 
lina, vol. I. p. 31. but has given no de- 
fection of it: he only fays, that in (hape 
and colour it agrees with the Mavis or 
Song-Thrufh, and differs only in bignefs, 
weighing no more than an ounce and a 
quarter ; though, on comparing it with 
the Song-Thrulh, I found reafon to give 
it quite a different defeription. According 
to Catelhy, they continue in Carolina all 
the year, abiding in thick woods and 
fwamps : ' but they do not ling. Sir 
Hans Sloane calls this bird limply the 
Thruih, and fays they frequent the woody 
mountains, &c . but whether or no it be a 
bird of pafiage, he doth not inform us. 
(See his Hiftory of Jamaica, vol. II. p. 
305.) Thofe which go far to the north 
are birds of palfage: Penfilvania having 
very cold winters, they cannot flay there j 
but Carolina being many degrees farther 
fouth, its winters are mild enough for their 
fubfiftence during that feafon. 
fans dulout varier dans les nuances des 
plume s., comme il arrive d nos G rives An- 
gloijes. Le defjous des ailes ct de la queue 
eft couleur de cendre, excepte que les harbes 
interieures des pemies font blancbatres vers 
k bas. La gorge ejl blancbdtre joi grant le 
bee : Pefiomach ejl j aim at re , mele de t aches 
b runes. Le ventre eft blanc , aujjibien que 
les cuifjes et les plumes de couverture du def- 
fous de la queue, quelque peu nuancees de 
couleur de cendre. Les jambes , les pattes , 
et les ongles font couleur de chair . 
J'ai regu cette Grive avec une autre d'une 
momdre ejpece de Grive , dont fai donne la 
figure et la defeription dam ce livre de mon 
bon am M. GuiL Bartram de Pbiladelphie 
en Penfilvanie : il me marque quelles y ar- 
nvent au mois dAvril , quelles y nichent et 
r elt vent lours petits , et quelles y refient juf- 
qiid la fin de Pete. Catefby Pa reprefentee ; 
mats il lien a point donne de defeription. 11 
dit fimplement , que par la figure et la ecu - 
kur, e/le refjcmble au Mavts ou a la Grive 
Chant ante, dont elle ne differ e quen grandeur , 
ne pefant qiiune once et un quarts quoiqiien 
la comp ar ant avec la Grive Chant ante, faie 
cru devoir lui donner une defeription toute dif- 
jerente. Scion Catefby , elks demeurent en 
Caroline toute Pannee, et fe tiennent dans les 
bois et marecages, mais elles ne chantent 
point -f. Le Chevalier Hans Sloane donne 
fimplement a cet cifeau le mm de Grive , et 
dit quelle frequent e les montagnes couvertes 
de bois, &c. mais il ne dit point fi cefi un oi - 
Jean de pafiage ou non J. Ceux qui s av an - 
cent plus loin vers le nord font oifeaux de 
pqffdge ; les hi vers font trep r tides en Pen- 
filvanie pour pouvoir y refter ; mais la Ca- 
roline etant plus au fud de plufmirs degres, 
les hivers y font afiez doux pour leur Jub- 
fifience dans cette Jaifon. 
* pi. 252. 
f Hift, de la Carol, tom. I. p. 31. 
$ Hift. de la Jam. tom. II. p. 305. 
