302 TURDIN^E. 



Turdus iliacus. 



368. TlirdUS iliacUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 292; Jerd. B. Ind. i. 

 p. 232. The RED-WING THRUSH. 



Above olive brown, darker, and suffused with russet on the forehead and 

 crown ; supercilium whitish ; edges of the wing coverts and quills tipped 

 pale ; under parts pale buff, fading to white on the belly and ferruginous on 

 the flanks ; chin and throat unspotted ; cheeks, upper breast, lower throat and 

 upper flanks with dark brown terminal spots ; under tail coverts white, the 

 basal half of each feather margined with brown ; axillaries and under wing 

 coverts rich chesnut ; bill dusky ; legs yellow brown ; irides brown. 



Length. %'S to 9 inches ; wing 475 ; tail 3-25 ; oilmen 07 to 0-85 ; tarsus 

 1-25. 



Hob. Atlantic to the Pacific. Winters in the British Isles and Western and 

 Southern Europe, occasionally crossing the Mediterranean into Algeria, and 

 wintering in Persia, Turkestan, and N.-W. India ; but is rare in the latter. 



Of the habits of this bird nothing need be said, as without its mention no 

 list of British birds would be complete. 



369. TurdUS ViSCivOrUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 291 ; Scop. Ann. i. p. 

 132 ; Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 285 ; Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 86; Sharpe and 

 Dresser, B. Eur. pt. vi. ; Shelly, B. Egypt, p. 65 ; Blanf. East Pers. ii. p. 

 157. Turdus hodgsoni, Homey er, Rhea. ii. p. 150 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 531 . 

 Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 236 j Seebohm, Cat. B. JBr. Mus. v. 

 p t 195. The MISSEL THRUSH. 



Upper parts greyish brown or pale earthy brown, the feathers of the rump 

 edged with ochraceous ; lores and the feathers behind the eye greyish white ; 



