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TURDUS MUSICUS. THE SONG THRUSH, OR 

 MAVIS. 



THRUSH. COMMON THRUSH. GARDEN THRUSH. THROSTLE. 

 MAVIS. SMEORACH. 



Fio. 132. 



Turdus musicus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 292, 



Turdus musicus. Lath. Ind. Om, L 327. 



Throstle. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Merle Grive. Turdus Musicus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. 164. 



Song-Thrush. Merula Musica. Selb. lUustr. I. 162. 



Turdus musicus. Song-Thrush. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 100. 



Upper parts yelloivish-brown, the head tinged with red ; se- 

 condary coverts and first rota of small coverts tipped with red- 

 dish yellow ; fore part of neck and breast yellowish, each feather 

 terminated by a triangular brownish-Uach spot ; lower wing- 

 coverts reddish-yellow. 



Male. — This generally distributed, familiarly known, and 

 much admired songster, exhibits no remarkable peculiarity of 

 form, its proportions being nearly the same as those of the 

 Missel Thrush, which greatly exceeds it in size. Its colour- 

 ing is neither altogether plain, nor yet of great beauty, the 



