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 spot at the end of the three lateral tail-feathers, white;
lower parts whitish, marked with triangular dusky spots, of which
there is a distinct line from the base of the bill; throat, middle of
the breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts, unspotted.
_Male_, 8; wing, 3-9/12.
Rocky Mountains. Common. Migratory.
Orpheus montanus, Mountain Mocking-Bird, Towns. Journ. Acad.
Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 192.
Mountain Mocking Bird, Turdus montanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv.
p. 487.
140. 3. Orpheus Carolinensis, Linn. Black-capped Mocking-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, Aud. 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_, 11-1/2, 13.
From Texas eastward, and to the Fur Countries, breeding everywhere.
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 rufus, Nutt. Man. v. i.
p. 328.
Ferruginous Thrush, Turdus rufus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
102; v. v. p. 441.
GENUS IV. TURDUS, Linn. THRUSH.
Bill of moderate length or shortish, rather stout, straight, broader
than high at the base, compressed toward the end, acute; upper
mandible with the ridge rather narrow, the sides convex toward the
end, the notches small, the tip narrow; lower mandible with the angle
of moderate length, the dorsal line ascending, slightly convex, the
sides rounded, the tip narrow. Nostrils oblong, partially concealed by
the feathers. Head of ordinary size, ovate; neck rather short; body
rather full. Feet longish, rather strong; tarsus as long as the middle
toe and claw; hind toe rather stout; lateral toes equal; claws arched,
compressed, acute. Plumage soft and rather blended. Wings of moderate
length, rounded, the first quill very small, the third and fourth
longest. Tail rather long, nearly even.