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CAT BIRD. 
vanes of the quills, are dusky brown; from the nostrils, a 
black strip passes to the hind head on each side, between 
which lies a bed of brownish orange ; the sides of the neck are 
whitish; the whole lower parts, white, except the breast, 
which is handsomely marked with pointed spots of black, or 
deep brown, as in the figure ; round the eye is a narrow ring 
of yellowish white ; legs, pale flesh colour ; bill, dusky above, 
whitish below. The female has the orange on the crown 
considerably paler. 
This bird might with propriety be ranged with the Wag- 
tails, its notes, manners, and habit of building on the ground 
being similar to these. It usually hatches twice in the season ; 
feeds on small bugs, and the larvae of insects, which it chiefly 
gathers from the ground. It is very generally diffused over 
the United States, and winters in Jamaica, Hispaniola, and 
other islands of the West Indies. 
CAT BIRD.* — T URDUS LIVIDUS Plate XIV. Fig. 3. 
Muscicapa Carolinensis, Linn. Syst. 328 Le Gobe-moucbe brun de Virgiaie, Briss. 
ii. 365. — Cat Bird, Catesb. i. 66 — Latham, ii. 353. — Le Moucherolle de Virginie, 
Buff. iv. 562. — Lucar lividus, apice nigra, Tbe Cat Bird, or Chicken Bird, Bar- 
tram, p. 290 Beale's Museum, No. 6770. 
0RPH2EUS FELIVOX. — Swainson. 
Turdus felivox, Bonap. Synop. p. 75. 
We have here before us a very common and very numerous 
•species, in this part of the United States; and one as well known 
* At first sight, this species, singular both in habits and structure, appears 
to range with Brachypus ; but a more minute inspection shews that it will 
rather stand as an aberrant form with Orphceus. The structure of the bill, 
feet, and tail, are all of the latter ; while the colours, and their distribution, 
agree with Brachypus, particularly the rufous vent ; that part is a nearly 
constant mark among the Brachipi, being of a different and brighter colour, 
and very generally red or yellow. The true Brachipi do not seem to extend to 
North America ; they are chiefly confined to Africa, and the warmer countries 
of India. 
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