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WHITE'S THRUSH. 



TURDUS WHITEI. 



Upper plumage variegated with black and several shades of yellow and brown ; 

 under, white, all the feathers tipped with a black crescent-shaped spot ; imder 

 wing-coverts white tipped with black. Beak and toes brown. Length eleven 

 and a half inches. Eggs unknown. 



Of this bird, a native of Japan, about seven or eight speci- 

 mens have been obtained in Europe, and among these one 

 was shot in England, and another in Ireland. It possesses, 

 therefore, little claim to be considered a British species. 

 It received its name in honour of White of Selborne. 



THE GOLD-VENTED THRUSH. 



TURDUS AURIGASTER. 



Upper parts umber brown ; throat and neck clove brown shaded oflF to a dull 

 white on the abdomen and then passing into brilliant yellow ; under wiug- 

 coverts brilliant yellow ; beak, feet, and claws black. Eggs unknown. 



A SINGLE specimen of this bird was shot in Ireland in 

 1838. It is a native of Africa, but nothing appears to be 

 known of its habits. 



THE REDWING. 



TURDUS ILIACUS. 



Upper plumage olive brown ; lore black and yellow ; a broad white streak above 

 the eye ; lower plumage white, with numerous oblong dusky spots, middle of 

 the abdomen witliout spots ; under wing-coverts and flanks bright orange red ; 

 biU dusky ; feet grey. Length eight inches, breadth thirteen inches. Eggs 

 gi-eenish blue mottled with dark brownish red spots. 



The Redwing (called in France Mauvis, whence an old 

 name for the Song-thrush, '' Mavis ") is the smallest of the 

 Thrushes with which we are familiar. It is, like the 

 Fieldfare, a bird of passage, reaching us from the north 

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