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Show 268 AVES. • h North 1. s t h e b es t known.' it nestles on inaccessible mr fft: ei n rum. s' an d s.m gs well • The head and neck of the male ca rIe so,f a blue a' sh co1 o ur, the back brown, rump white; beneath, nd the tail, orange.( 1) . Thae name of Grw. es 1. s gi· ven, in France ' to t.h os,e specie.s , w1 to se lumage .IS what . . 1 ·n that country gnvele, that Is to say, IS te1 mec I ~ f . P ked w.i th small bl·a c k ot• b r own spots. There are .our o th.e m. m mar . h b b cks and spotted breasts; they are smgmg E e all wit rown a ' . biurdros,p w' hi. ch h.v e on .m sec t s and berries ' migrate m large flocks, h fl h is an agreeable food. and w ose . e~ L • L Drenne. (The Missle Thrush.) Enl. T. vzscworus, ·' a d 489• Fri. sch, xxv,• N aum. 66 ' 1• Is the largest; the. un erpart of .It's w.m gs l.S w 1n ' te ,. 1't is extremely fond of .t.h e misletoe, and 'b t to the dissemination of that parasitical plant. contn u es · 1 ·. N T. p~.l ar·t.s , L ·,. L a L .', torne ' Enl. 490; Frisc J, x·x v·t , aumb. 67, 2• . WI. h is chiefly distinguished from the VIsctvorus y llC k the ash colour on the top of its head and nee • T . L • La Grive properly so called, Enl. 406; . muszcus, ·' ' · 11 • Fri.s ch, xxv1.1. ; N au m · 66 ' 2 • Underpart of the wmgs1 y e ow, the best songster of the four, and the one most comm.~? y ~aten. T . .·, zw· cus' L . '. Le Mauvis ' Enl. 51, Frisch. xx1v m; abu m.. 67, 1. (The Mavis.) The smallest of the who e num er, under part of the wings and flanks, red.(2) The species of the genus Thrush, f~reign to Europe, are very numerous. We will particularly notice . . 'rom T. poly()"lottus, L.; Catesb. xxvi. (The Mockmg-Bt~·d.) 'F h' North Amoe rica; ash coloured above, pa1 e r b enea th. ' W. it.h a w. .tt e band on the wing. It is celebrated for the astomshmg factlltit with which it imitates the notes of other birds, and even a kinds of sounds.(3) -- · b nfounding it with the ( 1) It is possible, as is observ~d by Sha~v, that It ~vas y co r and at one time Siberian Jay, that Linnxus attr1buteu to It the hab1ts of aHa py, caUs it Corvus, and at another, Lanius infaustus. . 01 d 102 ·-the We may approxim:~.te to the saxatilis the Rocar, Vaill. Afr. 1 an ' Espionneur, Id. 103. . kled plumage, The other species allied to the Solitary Thrushes by thetr spec t, 2d are Turdus manillens'i s, Enl. 636; probably t h e same as T;. violace:.t Jsh, Soan n.flenrdaro ml· Voy. pl. cviii;-T. eremita, Enl. 339;-T. varius, Horsf. ;-My~ot er da3, Tern. Col. 392. ·n Germany; (2) Two additional species have been taken, though very rarel~i; Naum· 68, the Thrush, with the back and flank spotted with red ( T. Nauman ' and that with a black breast and throat ( T. Bechsteinii), Naum. 69· d St Domingut• (3) The Little Mocking-bird, ( T. wpheus), Edw., 78; Le Moque:tJr e h T. ..J/1)UI, ( T. dominicus), Enl, 558, 1, are very closely alh.e d to I't , as we ll as t e ·6' Vieill. Am. 68. PASSERINJE. 269 Some of these birds appear to approach the Shrikes, in habits, although there is nothing in the form of their beak which can distinguish them from other Thrushes. ( 1) The1'e are no sensible characters by which we can distinguish certain African Thrushes, which live in flocks, are extremely clamoroust feed on insects, and do much mischief in gardens. Several of them are remarkable for the brilliant tints of their plumage, which is Qf a browned steel colour,(2) and one of the former, by its cuneiform tail, which is one-third longel' than the body.(3) Add, of species foreign to Europe, with the breast or under part of the body spotted; T. rufus, Gm., Enl. 645, and Vieill. Am. 59;-T. fuacatus, Vieill. Am. 57, bis.;-T. minor, Gm. or T. mustelinus, Wils., or Gr. tannee, or Gr. solitaire, Vieill. Am. 62 and 63; T. interpres, Kuhl., Col. 458. With the throat only spotted, at least in the adult, T. migratorius, L. Enl. 556; Catesb. 29; Vieill. Am. 60, 61;-T. ocrocephalus, Col. 136;-T. plumbeus, Enl. 560, Vieill. Am. 58;-T. Fa!clandire, T. i-T. olivaceus, Gm. ;-the grivron, Vaill. Afr. 98;-T. campestri'S, Pr. Max. With the flanks only spotted, T. punctatus, Sh. Zool. N. Holl. J, pl. ix, which is the genus Cx~cLosoMA, Vig. and Horsf., Lin. Trans. XV, p. 219. Of those not spotted underneath, T. brasiliensis, Lath. ;-T. perspicillatus;-T. mtlanotis, or Reclameur of Vaill. or T. vociferans, Zool. Ill. 179;-T. ruevius, Vieill. Am. 66;-T. lividus, or Catbird ofWils. 14, 2 ;-T. citrinus, Tern. Col. 44.S;-T. n~bripes,Id. 409;-T.leucogaster, l~nl. 648, 1;-T. madagascariensis, Enl. 557, 1;T. australasim, Sh. Nat. Miscel. 1013;-Malurus frenatus, Tern., Col. 385;-T. pedoraliJ, Enl. 644, 1; T. cinnarnomeus, Enl. 560, 2;-T. rufifrons, Enl. 644, 10. These last three species have been improperly referred by lluffon to the Antcatchers. N.B. Thrdus at(,rocapillus, Lath., Enl. 398,2 and Vieill. Am. 64, (Motac. aurocap., L.,) is a true Motacilla, and must be placed with the Fauvets;-Turdus calliope (Lath, Syn. Supplement, fig. of the title), should go with the Redbreasts;-Purdus cayanus, Enl. 515, is a female Ampelis;-T. guyanensis, Enl. 398, fig. 1, is a female of the Tanapa dominica, Enl. 156, 2, of which Vieill. has made his Dulus palmarum, Gal. 146. See .!lpp. XVI of .11m. Ed. (1) We have already spoken, while on the Shrikes, of some species usually placed among the Thrushes, such as, Turdus zeilonus, En]. 272. It seems we ~ght also approximate to it the T. cafer, Enl. 563, Vaill., 107, which differs very httle even in colouring from the Lanius jocosus, l::nl. 508. These two species would also take along with them the T. capensis, Enl. 317, Vaill. 105, and the T. chrysorr- · Tem., Vaill. 107. On the otbei• pand, it would be difficult to separate from the zeilonus, the Hauasecolnoir, Vaill. Afr., 110, and the Cravatte noir, Id. 115. (2) Particularly Turdus auratus, Enl. 540 (Nabirop, Vaill. Afr. 89), and TurdtunUJem, Enl. 561, (Couigniop, Vaill., 90.) . Here also come the Oranvert ( T. chrysogaster, Gm.) Enl. 358;-the · Spredo ( T. bieolor, Gm.), Vaill., Afr., 83, or the Corvus rufipennis, Sh.; and probably the Eclatant, Vaill. 85, and the Chaucador, Id. 86, (Corvus splendidus, Sh.) (3} Turdua am.eua, Enl. 220 (Vert dare, Vaill., 87) . ., |