364 TAWNY THRUSH.
The specimen represented in the plate was procured and drawn in the
State of Maine, and was in full plumage. The female can scarcely be
distinguished from the male.
TURDTJS WILSONII, Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 76.
MERULA "WILSONII, Swains, and Richards, Fauna Boreali. Americ. vol. ii. p. 182.
TAWNY THRUSH, TURDUS MUSTELINUS, Wits. Amer. Ornith. vol. v. p. 98. pi. 4 3 .
fig. 3—Nuttall, Manual, vol. i. p. 349.
Adult Male. Plate CLXVI.
Bill rather short, nearly straight, compressed towards the end; upper
mandible with the dorsal outline a little convex, the tip slightly declinate,
the margins acute, inflected towards the end, slightly notched close upon
the tip; lower mandible nearly straight in its dorsal outline, the tip rather
obtuse. Head of ordinary size, neck and body rather slender. Feet rather
long; tarsus longish, compressed, slender, anteriorly covered with a
few elongated scutella, posteriorly sharp-edged, longer than the middle
toe; toes scutellate above, lateral ones almost equal, the outer connected
as far as the second joint.
Plumage soft, rather loose, slightly glossed. A few longish bristles
at the base of the upper mandible. Wings of ordinary length, the third
quill longest, the second and fourth little shorter, the first very short.
Tail rather short, even, of twelve broad feathers.
Bill brownish-black above, flesh-coloured at the base of the lower mandible.
Iris dark-brown. Feet pale flesh-colour. The general colour of
the upper parts is uniform reddish-brown, slightly tinged with green,
the upper tail-coverts and edge of the wing inclined to rufous. Cheeks
and space before the eye pale greyish-brown, obscurely streaked with
hair-brown; a faint line of the same colour over the eye. Wings and
tail dark brown, margined with pale. The lower parts are white, the
sides of the neck tinged with pale brownish-yellow, and with the lateral
parts of the breast and the sides faintly marked with small triangular dusky
spots.
Length 7i\ inches, extent of wings 12; bill along the ridge j 7
2 , along
the edge T
9
2 ; tarsus 1 T
5
5 ; middle-toe j | ; weight 1 J oz.
The Female resembles the Male in external aspect.
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HABENARIA LACERA, Brown. ORCHIS LACERA, Mich. Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 156.
Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 586.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, Linn. ORCHIDE.
E, Juss.—Fig. 1. of the plate.
This beautiful Habenaria is characterized by having the lip of the
corolla elongated and tripartite, with narrow segments, the spur filiform,
and of the length of the ovarium, and the flowers alternate. The stem is
about a foot in height, leafy; the lower leaves ovate, the upper gradually
narrower; the large loose spike is composed of numerous pale pink
flowers. It grows in moist meadows.
CORNUS CANADENSIS, Willd. Sp. PI. vol. i. p. 6 6 1 . Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i.
p. 107.—TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Linn.—Fig. 2. of the plate.
The plate represents the aggregated bright red globular berries, and
ovate-acute leaves of this pretty Utile plant, which is abundant in shady
woods and in mountainous situations in the Middle and Northern States,
as well as in the British provinces.
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