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We have no doubt that the Penrith Ousel of 

 Dr Latham, and Colonel Montague's varieties 

 mentioned in the appendix to his supplement, 

 are birds in the first plumage, perhaps of a late 

 brood. 



MERULIN^E, OB THRUSHES. 



THE next sub-family, the Merulince, will com- 

 prise all the more typical forms of the group itself, 

 but in our Fauna we possess an example of one 

 only, that of the true Thrushes, comprising the 

 genus Merula of Kay, of which we now add the 

 characters. 



Merula, Willughby, Ray. Generic Charac- 

 ters Bill slightly bending to the tip, dis- 

 tinctly notched ; rictus furnished with weak 

 bristles ; wings lengthened, first quill spu- 

 rious, third longest ; tail moderate ; feet 

 formed for walking as well as perching. M. 

 viscivorus, vulgaris, &c. 



Note Cosmopolite ; breed on trees or bushes ; 

 many species migratory and gregarious ; 

 voice often melodious. 



