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ORANGE-BREAST THRUSH. 
(PI. VIII.) 
LENGTH 
Seven inches; bill half an inch and black ; eye brown ; lashes grey; forehead, 
crown, back of the neck, shoulder, back, rump, and tail-coverts, grey ; from the 
base of the beak black; cheeks the same; chin and throat white ; fore part of the 
neck a black crescent-like band ; breast, belly, vent, and thigh, orange ; wing-coverts 
black, edged with grey, and forked ; legs and claws brown. 
FEMALE 
Resembling, but plumage less bright. 
INHABITS 
Forests ; frequents high trees, perching generally on the upper branches, where it 
sings a loud and not unpleasant song* about daybreak. 
