MISSEL THRUSH. 



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Males and females exhibit but little difference in size or 

 plumage. 



The whole length of the adult bird is about eleven inches. 

 From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, five inches and 

 three-quarters ; the first wing-feather only one inch long ; 

 the second feather the same length as the fifth ; the third and 

 fourth feathers equal, and the longest in the wing. 



The young bird when about to leave the nest exhibits 

 a greater variety of markings on the upper surfice of the 

 body than the parent birds ; the feathers on the head, neclc, 

 upper part of the back, and smaller wing-coverts, have a 

 central stripe of buff, with a black spot at the tip ; those of 

 the greater coverts and tertials have broad external edges of 

 rich buff. On the under surface the chin is white ; the 

 other parts tinged with fawn colour, and marked with black 

 spots. 



