83 t h r u s h .
Place.
barred with buff: quills brown : under parts o f the body dull
rufous : tail two inches and a half in length ; lhape of it fomewhat
cuneiform: legs brown.
Suppofed to come from Cayenne. Seen, among others, in a
collection from that place.
»12.
WHITE-
BACKED THR.
Description.
L’Alapi de Cayenne, Buf. oif. iv. p. 4S5.—PI. ml. 701. f. 2.
J i Trifle bigger than the laft : length fix inches. The
throat, fore part of neck, and breaft, are black; the reft of
the under parts afh-colour: the upper part of the head, neck,
and back, are olive brown : the wings deep cinereous brown: on
the middle of the back is a white fpot; and the wing coverts are
marked with fmall fpots of the fame: the tail is cuneiform and
blackifh : the legs pale yellow.
Female, The female wants the white fpot on the back: the chin is
white : the reft of the under parts incline to rufous : the fides of
the vent, and under tail coverts, greyifh afh ; and the tips of the
wing coverts pale rufous. It has alfo the upper parts of the
body paler than in the male. Befides this, it is obferved that the
colours of both male and female differ from variety.
Place and
Manners.
Thefe two laft are found in the thick woods of Guiana, where
they are found in vaft troops running on the ground, and leaping
at times on the low branches of trees, but fly very feldom to
any diftance ; are very agile birds j feed on ants; and have a quavering
kind of note, followed by a fharp cry, often repeated,
when anfw.ering one another.
Le
Le Fourmilier huppe, Buf. oif. iv, p. 476.
H E length of this l|)ec,ie$ is fix inches. The irides are
black : the top of the head is furnifhed with a creft of long
black feathers, which can be erefted at pleafure : the throat is
black and white mixed: fore part o f the neck and breaft black;
the reft of the plumage greyifh afh-colour: the wing coverts are
tipped with white : the tail is two inches and a third in length,
the fhape cuneiform, margined and tipped with white : in fome
individuals the wing coverts are of a plain a(h-colour.
The female has the creft as well as the male, but in her it is
rufous. There is alfo a rufous tinge throughout the grey in the
reft of the plumage.
Thefe inhabit Cayenne, where they breed feveral times in a
year, and lay three eggs at a time. Their cry is like that of a
young chicken. Feed on ants, as the laft.
Le Carrilloneur, Buf. oif. iv. p. 478.— PI. ail. 700. f, 2.
T E N G T H four inches. The bill is black above and white
beneath; not remarkably ftout: the top and fides of the
head are white, fpotted with black : over the eye pafies a broad
black ftreak, and a narrow one from behind the eye, blending it-
felf with the former at the loweft part: the chin is white : the
breaft fteth-colour, marked with fmall black fpots: the back,
wings, and tail, are brown, but deepeft on the back : the wing
coverts, fpotted with white : the rump, belly, and vent, are rufous
orange : the thighs cinereous : legs dufky.
M s
BLACK-
CRESTED THR.
D e s c r i p t i o n *
Female.
■ Place.
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CHIMIN G THR.
D e s c r i p t io n .
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