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Length 9, breadth 14 inches ; weight 3 ounces. Bill black, yellowish at the 

 base ; mouth yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Plumage, above, greenish- 

 brown ; beneath, reddish-white, with rounded black spots. Ends of the first 

 wing-covers yellowish, a character scarcely obvious in the female. Nest in 

 hedges and low shrubs, composed of dry grass, plastered on the inside with 

 clay. Eggs 5 ; blue, with black spots at the larger end. Subject to vary in 

 plumage. 



46. T. iliacus. Redwing- Thrush. — Space between the bill 

 and eye, black and yellow ; under the wing, red. 



Will. Orn. 13!). Sibb. Scot. 17 — Redwing, Perm. Brit. Zool. i. 307 



T. iliacus, Temm. Orn. i. 163 — E, Swinepipe, Wind Thrush ; W, Soccen 

 yr cira, y dresclen goch. — Common winter visitant. Breeds in Harris. 

 Length 8, breadth 15 inches ; weight 2i ounces. Bill black, base yellow. 

 Mouth yellow ; legs yellow; the claws black. Plumage, above, greenish- 

 brown ; beneath white, with lengthened brownish spots. A white line above 

 the eye. In the female, the red under the wings is paler, and the dusky spots 

 of the belly more extended. Nest in trees. Eggs six, bluish-green, spotted 

 with black. Mr Bullock, in a letter to me, dated 23d April 1819, mentioned 

 the circumstance of its breeding in Harris, where he had observed it in the 

 preceding summer. 



47. T. pilaris. Fieldfare Thrush.— Space between the bill 

 and the eye, black. Tail black ; the outer feather bordered with 

 grey at the end. 



Will. Orn. 138. Sibb. Scot. 17. Perm. Brit. Zool. i. 304. Temm. Orn. i. 

 163.— S, Feltifer ; W, Caseg y ddryccin ; G, Liatriusg — Common win- 

 ter visitant. 



Length 10, breadth 17 inches ; weight 4 ounces. Bill yellow ; dusky at the 

 end. Legs and feet dusky. Head, neck, and rump, ash-coloured, the first 

 with black spots. Back, shoulders, and wing-covers, chesnut. Throat and 

 breast, reddish-yellow, with lengthened spots. Belly white. In the female, 

 the head has a brownish tinge. Breeds in the north of Europe, in high trees. 

 Eggs 4 to 6, of a sea-green colour, with red dots. 



b. Ground colour of the plumage black. 



48. T. Merula. Blackbird. — Plumage uniformly black. 



Merula vulgaris, Will. Orn. 140. Sibb. Scot. 17- Tur. Mer. Perm. Brit. 

 Zool. i. 308. Temm. Orn. i. 1 08; W, Mwyalch, Aderyn du; G, Loii dubh. 

 — Resident near woods and gardens. 



Length 11 inches ; weight 4 ounces. Bill, inside of the mouth, and tarsus 

 of the eye, yellow. Irides and feet black. The fourth feather in the wing 

 longest. Female, brownish ; beneath, dirty brownish white, with dusky spots ; 

 the bill and feet brownish. Nest like the throstle. Eggs 4 or 6 in number ; 

 light-blue, with brownish spots Young like the female. 



49- T. torquatus. Ring Thrush. — Plumage black, bordered 

 with grey ; a semilunar white spot on the breast. 



Merula torq., Will. Orn. 143. Sibb. Scot. 17 — Ring ousel, Perm. Brit. 

 , Zool. i. 310. Temm. Orn. i. 166 — E, Rock or mountain ousel, Mi- 

 chaelmas blackbird ; W, Mwyalchen y graig ; G, Dubh chraige A re- 

 gular summer visitant. 



Length 10^, breadth 16 inches. Bill black. Mouth, gape, and tarsus, yel- 

 low. Iris chesnut. The third feather in the wing longest. In the female 

 the grey prevails more on the margins of the feathers, and the limits of the 

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