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If you had not specified that the setting was meant to be steam-punk, then I would not have inferred that from your sample.
I was going to comment on the fact that your use of contractions strikes me as incongruous for the supposed time period. Then I came upon "Crap," he muttered and all other concerns paled into insignificance.
The short answer to your ...
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I made up some nice thrush species!
White-tailed Sporcler
Great Blueback
Sooty Saw-wing
Nutmeg Hawking Thrush
Maritime Thrush
Spatulate-tailed Thrush
Mountain Flannelwing
Desert Flannelwing
Rockhopper Bluebird
Greater Yellow-crowned Bluebird
Orange-footed Cactus Robin
Gray-eared Robin
Common Purplechest
And finally...
Westheimer's Undulating ...
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