BIRDS OF EGYPT. 



Family TURDID-ffil. 



1. TuRDUS viscivoRus, L. Missel-TIirush. 



Riippell mentions having once observed it in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Suez in April. This is the only evidence I can 

 find of the occurrence of this bird in Egypt ; and it is far 

 from conclusive. I therefore give no description of this well- 

 known species. 



Fig. Sharpe and Dresser, B. of Eur. part vi. 



2. TuRDUs PILARIS, L. Fieldfare. 



The Fieldfare is a winter visitant in Egypt. I saw a 

 specimen in a bird-stuffer's shop at Alexandria, which had 

 been killed in the man's garden that winter (1871) ; and he 

 told me that it was common there during the colder months. 



Head, nape, and rump grey ; centre of the back, scapulars, 

 and wing-coverts brownish chestnut ; wings and tail black, 

 the feathers of the former edged with very pale brown j 

 under surface, throat, and crop buff, spotted with black, the 

 remainder white, with the centres of the feathers on the flanks 

 marked with rich dark brown ; legs and beak pale brown ; 

 irides brown. 



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