A HANDBOOK 
OF 
eee BAN or RDS: 
Order PASSERES. 
Section OSCINES DENTIROSTRES. 
Family TURDIDA. 
Subfamily TURDINA. 
Genus TURDUS. 
MISSEL THRUSH. 
Turdus viscivorus zn. 
Adult: Above, a nearly uniform greyish-brown ; wings and 
coverts a darker brown, with pale margins, the latter tipped with 
whitish ; tail feathers lighter than wings, outer ones tipped 
(inner webs) with dull white ; beneath white shaded with buff 
on chest and flanks and covered thickly with black spots, 
which become more triangular as they approach the head; 
axillaries white; bill dark brown; legs and feet pale brown ; 
irides dark brown. Length 11 inches; culmen 08; wing 
6'0 to 6°25 ; tarsus 1°25. 
B 
