292 



PAS6'EKES. 



TURDID.E. 



TURDlD^f:. 





MoNTicoLA SAXATiLis (Liniifeus*). 

 THE ROCK-THKUSH. 



Pctroc Incla saxatiUs. 



MoNTicoLA, F. Boief. — Bill stout, straight, the ridge arched towards tlie 

 point. Nostrils basal, round, partly covered with hairs. Wings moderate ; the 

 first quill very short, the second a little shorter than the third, which is longest. 

 Feet of moderate size, stout. Tail short and even. 



The specimen of the Rock-Thrush figured above, was ob- 

 tained on the 19th of May, 1843, by Mr. Joseph Trigg, who 

 shot it at Therfiekl in Hertfordshire, while it was sitting 

 on an ash-tree. I saw it before it was skinned by Mr. John 

 Norman of Royston, and received the first notice of the occur- 

 rence from my friend Mr. Thomas Wortham, whose influence 



* Tiirdtis mxatilig, Liuna'us, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 294 (ITfiti). 

 t Isis, ]822, p. r>^± 



