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TURDUS VISCIVORUS. THE MISSEL THRUSH, 

 OR SHRITE. 



MISSEL THRUSH. MISTLE THRUSH. GREY THRUSH. STORM COCK. 

 HOLM THRUSH. SCREECH THRUSH. 





Fig. 13L 



Turdus viscivorus. Linn. Sj'st. Nat. I. 291. 



Turdus viscivorus. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 326. 



Missel-Thrash. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Merle Draine. Turdus Viscivorus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. L 16'1. , 



Missel-Thrush. Merula Viscivora. Selb. Illustr. \. 158. 



Turdus viscivorus. Missel-Thrush. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 98. 



Upper parts light hrown, tinged with grey, the fore part of the 

 head greyish ; the rump shaded with ochre-yellow ; secondary 

 coverts and tailfeathers tipped with greyish-white-^ a cream- 

 coloured hand from the base of the bill over the eye, the loral space 

 greyish-white ; the lower parts yellowish-white, each feather tipped 

 with a black spot ; the spots on the necJc smaller and triangular^ 

 those on the breast larger, and transversely oblong. 



