292 



PASSE RES. 



TURDIDJu 





MONTICOLA SAXATILIS (LiunfBUS*). 



THE ROCK-THRUSH. 



Petroclncla saxatiUs. 



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

 ])oint. 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 Therfield 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 



• Turdus saxatiUs, Liuniuus, Syst. Nat. Ed. \2, i. p. 294 (1706). 

 t Isis, 3 822, p. 552. 



