88, 
TURDIN^. ORPHEUS. TURDUS. 
spot at the end of the three lateral tail-feathers, white ; lower parts 
whitish, marked with triangular dusky spots, of which there is a dis- 
tinct line from the base of the bill ; throat, middle of the breast, ab- 
domen, and lower tail-coverts, unspotted. 
Male, 8; wing, 
Rocky Mountains, Common. Migratory. 
Orpheus montanus, Mountain Mocking-Bird, Towns. Journ. Acad. Nat, Sc. Phila- 
delphia, V. vii. p. 192. 
Mountain Mocking Bird, Turdus montanus, Ann. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 487. 
140. 3. Orpheus Carolinensis, Linn. Black-capped Mock- 
king-Bird. — Cat Bird. 
Plate CXXVIII. Male and Female. 
Blackish-grey, lighter beneath ; upper part of head black ; lower 
tail-coverts deep red. Female with the tints duller. Lateral tail- 
feathers more or less banded with lighter, sometimes whitish tints. 
Male, 9, 12. 
From Texas to Massachusetts, inland to the Missouri. Accidental 
in the Fur Countries. Constant resident in the Southern States. 
Abundant. 
Cat Bird, Turdus lividus, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 90. 
Turdus felivox, Bonap. Syn. p. 75. 
Orpheus felivox. Cat Bird, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 192. 
Cat Bird, Turdus felivox, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 332. 
Cat Bird, Turdus felivox, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 171 ; v, v. p. 440. 
141. 4. Orpheus rufus, Linn. Ferruginous Mocking-Bird. 
— Thrushes. Brown Thrush. 
Bill and tail more elongated than in the other species, wings shorter. 
Upper parts light brownish-red; inner webs of quills dusky. Wings 
crossed by two white bars margined anteriorly with black, being on 
the tips of the first row of small and secondary coverts ; lower parts 
yellowish-white, the breast and sides marked with triangular dark 
brown spots. Female smaller. 
Male, 114, 18. 
From Texas eastward, and to the Fur Countries, breeding every- 
where. Abundant, and resident in the Southern and Western States. 
Ferruginous Thrush, Turdus rufus, WiLs. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 83. 
Turdus rufus, Bonap. Syn. p. 75. 
Orpheus rufus. Fox-coloured Mocking-Bird, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. p. 189. 
Ferruginous Thrush or Thrasher, Turdus nifus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 328. 
Ferruginous Thrush, Turdus rufus, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 102 ; v. v. p. 441. 
GENUS IV. TURDUS, Linn. THRUSH. 
Bill of moderate length or shortish, rather stout, straight, 
