MISSEL THRUSH. 



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INSESSORKS. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MERULID,K 



THE MISSEL THRUSH. 



Tardus viscivorus. Missel Thrush, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 401. 

 ,, Montagu, Oinith. Diet. 



Merula viscivora, 

 Turdus viscivorus. 



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,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 117. 

 ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 64. 

 ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 158. 

 ,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 98. 

 ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 

 le Draiiie, Teimm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 161. 



Turdus. Generic Characters. — Beak of moderate size, straight, convex 

 above ; point of the upper mandible compressed, notched, and slightly curved 

 downwards ; the gape furnished with a few hairs. Nostrils basal, lateral? 

 oval, partly closed by a naked membrane. Wings with the first feather very 



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