TURDIN^. ORPHEUS. 
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pressed toward the end, acute ; upper mandible with the 
ridge rather narrow, the sides convex toward the end, 
the notches very slight, the tip narrow ; low^r mandible 
with the angle of moderate length, the dorsal line straight 
or slightly de curved toward the end, the sides nearly erect, 
the tip narrow. Nostrils oblong, partially concealed by the 
feathers. Head of ordinary size, ovato-ohlong ; neck of 
moderate length ; body rather slender. Feet of ordinary 
length, slender ; tarsus scarcely so long as the middle toe 
and claw ; hind toe of moderate length, stout, lateral toes 
equal ; claws moderate, arched, compressed, acute. Plu- 
mage soft and blended. Bristles rather long. Wings of 
ordinary length, broad, rounded, the first quill very small, 
the fourth and fifth longest. Tail very long, straight, much 
rounded, or graduated. 
138. 1. Orpheus polyglottus, Linn. Grey Mocking-Bird. 
Plate XXL Male and Female. 
Upper parts light grey tinged with yellowish-brown ; feathers of the 
wings and tail greyish-black ; primary coverts white, as are the pri- 
mary quills in their proximal part ; secondary coverts and first row of 
small coverts tipped with white ; outer tail-feather white, as are the 
greater part of the next, and a portion of the third toward the end ; 
lower parts greyish-white, on the breast tinged with brown, on the 
sides and under the tail with yellow. Female smaller, with the tints 
duller, and the white markings on the wings less extended. 
Male, 9L 13-|. Female, 9, 12h 
From Texas to Massachusetts. In the interior up the Mississippi 
and Ohio, to Henderson in Kentucky. Abundant and resident in the 
southern parts. 
Mocking Bird, Turdus polyglottus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 14. 
Turdus polyglottus. Bo nap. Syn. p. 74. 
Mocking Bird, Turdus polyglottus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 320. 
Mocking Bird, Turdus polyglottus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 108 ; v. v. p. 438. 
139. 2. Orpheus montanus, Townsend. Mountain Mock- 
ing-Bird. 
Plate CCCLXIX. Fig. 1. Male. 
Upper parts greyish-brown ; feathers of the wings and tail greyish- 
black ; tips of secondary coverts, edges of primary quills, and a large 
