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Length 9, breadth 14 inches ; weight 3 ounces. Bill black, yellowish at the 

 base ; mouth yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Plumage, above, greenish- 

 brown ; beneath, reddish-white, with rounded black spots. Ends of the first 

 wing-covers yellowish, a character scarcely obvious in the female. Nest in 

 licdges and low shrubs, composed of dry grass, plastered on the inside with 

 clay. Eggs 5 ; blue, with black spots at the larger end. Subject to vary in 

 plumage. 



46. T. iliaciis. Redwing Thrush. — Space between the bill 

 and eye, black and yellow ; under the wing, red. 



Will. Orn. 139. SM. Scot. 17 — Redwing, Peim. Brit. Zool. i. 307 



T. iliacus, Temm. Orn. i. 1C3 — £, Swinepipe, "Wind Thrush ; IF, Soccen 

 yr cira, )' dresclen goch — Common winter visitant. Breeds in Harris. 

 Length S, breadth 1 5 inches ; weight 2i ounces. Bill black, base yellow. 

 INIouth 3'ellow ; legs yellow ; the claws black. Plumage, above, greenish- 

 brown ; beneath white, with lengthened brownish spots. A white line above 

 the eye. In i\\e female, the red under the wings is paler, and the dusky spots 

 of the belly more extended. Nest in trees. Eggs six, bluish-green, spotted 

 with black. ]Mr Bullock, in a letter to me, dated 23d April 1819, mentioned 

 the circumstance of its breeding in Hai'ris, where he had observed it in the 

 jjreceding summer-. 



47. T. pilaris. Fieldfare Thrush. — Space between the bill 

 and the eye, black. Tail black ; the outer feather bordered with 

 grey at the end. 



Will. Orn. 138. Sihh. Scot. 17- Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 304. Temm. Orn. i. 

 IG3 — S., Feltifer ; W, Caseg y ddryccin ; G, Liatriusg — Common win- 

 ter visitant. 

 Length 10, breadth 17 inches ; weight 4 ounces. Bill yellow ; dusky at the 

 end. Legs and feet dusky. Head, neck, and rump, ash-coloured, the first 

 with black spots. Back, shoulders, and wing-covers, chesnut. Throat and 

 breast, reddish-yellow, with lengthened sjiots. Belly white. In the female., 

 the head has a brownish tinge. Breeds in the north of Europe, in high trees. 

 Eggs 4 to G, of a sea-green colour, with red dots. 



b. G?'ound colour of tlie plumage hlack. 



48. T. Merula. Blackbird. — Plumage uniformly black. 



Merula vulgaris. Will. Orn. 140. Sibb. Scot. 17- Tur. INIer. Pcnw. Brit. 



Zool. i. 308. Temm. Orn. i. 1G8; W, Mwyalch, Aderyn du; G, Lon dubh. 



— Resident near woods and gardens. 



liength 11 inches ; weight 4 ounces. Bill, inside of the mouth, and tarsus 



of the eye, yellow. Irides and feet black. The fourth feather in the wing 



longest. Female, brownish ; beneath, dirty brownish white, with dusky spots ; 



the bill and feet brownish. Nest like the throstle. Eggs 4 or 6 in number ; 



light-blue, with brownish spots Young like the female. 



49- T. torquatus. Ring Thrush. — Plumage black, bordered 

 with grev ; a semilunar white spot on the breast. 



Merula torq.. Will. Orn. 143. Sibb. Scot. 17- — Ring ousel, Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. i. 310. Temm. Orn. i. IGG E, Rock or mountain ousel, Mi- 

 chaelmas blackbird ; IF, Mwyalchen y graig ; G, Dubh chraige — A re- 

 gular siunmer visitant. 

 Length 104, breadth 16 inches. Bill black. Mouth, gape, and tarsus, yel- 

 low. Iris chesnut. The third feather in the wing longest. In the female 

 the grey prevails more on the margins of the feathers, and the limits of the 



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