KEY LIST 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



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Order PASSERES. Family TURD I DJ. 



Subfamily TUBDIN.E. Young spotted. 



1. MISTLE-THRUSH. Turdus viscivorus, Linnaeus. Resident *. 

 Axillaries white ; a white patch on end of inner web of two outer tail- 



A L/ieathers on each side. 



Young. Spotted with buff and black on head and back. Length 

 11 inches. 



2. SoxG-THRUSH. Turdus musicus, Linnaeus. Resident. 



( Axillaries huffish yellow ; eye-stripe scarcely developed. 



Young. Spotted ; the feathers of upper surface with pale centres. 

 After first moult young resembles adult, but has pale ends to the wing- 

 coverts. Length 9 inches. 



3. KEDWING. Turdus iliacus, Linnaeus. Autumn to spring. 



**' Axillaries chestnut-red; well-defined whitish streak over eye, reaching 

 to nape. Length 8f inches. 



4. FIELDFARE. Turdus pilaris, Linnaeus. Autumn to spring. 

 iA Axillaries white ; rump slate-grey. Length 10 inches. 



Note. Neither Redwings nor Fieldfares have yet been proved to breed in the 

 British Isles. 



. 5. BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. Turdus atrigularis, Temminck. Two N. Asia, 

 (Occurrences : Sussex, 1868, and Perthshire, 1879. wintering in 



Axillaries grey, with a shade of chestnut. , 



Adult male. Throat and breast black ; belly whitish ; back greyish 



brown. 



Female. Throat white, streaked and spotted with black. Length 



9| inches. 



* See remarks on " Residents " in the Introduction. 



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