64 BIRDS. PASSEIIES. Eoiicycill.*. 



The length nearly 6 inches. The inside of the mouth is yellow. Plumage 

 beneath, duU white ; the shafts of the breast feathers, dusky. Builds in or- 

 chards, or in outbuildings. Nest of moss. Eggs five, bluish wliite, with 

 rusty spots — It is, in a great measure, mute, and familiar. It disappears in 

 September. 



Gen. XXIV. BOMBYCILLA, CJ5rmo7j> CHATXEREa.— 

 Bill rounded; the base and nostrils covered with hairs. 

 The first and second quill-feathers the longest. 



43. B. Garrula. Bohemian Chatterer.— Shafts of the se- 

 condary quill-feathers enlarged at the end into a thin red homy 

 process. 



Garrulus Bohemicus, Will. Om. 90 Ampelis Gar. Linn. Syst. i. 297. — 



Waxen Chatterer, Pam. Brit. Zoo\. i. 314. — Bombycivora Gar., Temm, 



i. 124 W, Sidangynffon — Winter visitant. 



Length 8 inches. Bill and toes black. Irides vermilion red. Feathers of 

 tlie head forming a produced tuft. Plumage reddish ash. A band over the 

 eyes and the throat black. Quills black, terminating with a triangular patch 

 of yellow and white ; 8 or 9 of the secondaries with the red tips. Tail black, 

 tipped with yellow ; the inner covers chesnut. In the female, the black of the 

 throat is less, and the extremities of only four or five of the secondaries are 

 produced. Said to nestle in holes in rocks. Young destitute of the enlarge- 

 ment of the shaft of the secondaries. Feeds on insects and benies. 



This species visits Scotland and England in the winter season ; but its mo- 

 tions are irregular, being in some seasons very abundant, in others rare. 



Gen. XXV. TURDUS. Thrush.— Base of the biU with 

 single stiff hairs. Nostrils in part covered \vdth a naked 

 membrane. Food, berries, insects, and snails. 

 a. Ground colour of the plumage, hrown and spotted. 



44. T. viscivorus. Missel-Thrush. — Space between the eye 

 and bill, grey. Secondaries and wing-covers edged with white. 

 Tail dusky ; the three outer feathers greyish-white at the ends. 



Will. Orn. \W^. Sihb. Scot. 17. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 301. Temm. Ora. i. 



]GI E, Throstle Cock, Shrite, Holm Thrush, Misselto Thrush; 



iS", Shreitch ; W, Tresglen, Pen y Llwyn. — Resident near woods. 

 Length 11, breadth 18 inches ; weight 5 ounces. Bill dusky; yellowish at 

 tJie base of the lower mandible. Legs yellowish. Plumage above, hair- 

 brown ; beneath yellowish-white, with triangular or rounded spots of dusk}'. 

 The plumage in the female is more rufous beneath. Builds its nest in old 

 trees, of lichens, lined witli wool. Eggs foiu- to six in number, of a llesh-co- 

 lour, marked with deep and light rust-coloured spots. This bird varies con- 

 siderably in plumage, especially in the pi'oportion of wliite and red colours. 



45. T. musicus. Common Thrush. — Space between the bill 



and the eye yellow ; under the wing yellowish. 



T. slmpliciter dictus. Will. Orn. 138. Sihb. Scot. 17 — Throstle, Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. i. 306. — Turdus musicus, Temm. Orn. 11G4 — 5, Mavis; 

 FT, Aderyn bronfraith; G, Sracorach.— Jiesident in woods and gardens. 



