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MISSEL THRUSH. 

 (Turdus viscivorus. ) 



Tu. supra griseofascus, subtus albo-jla-vicans maculis nigricantibus 



varius, rectricibus tribus extimis albo terminatis. 

 Thrush above grey brown ; beneath whitish yellow, varied with 



dusky spots; the three outer tail-feathers tipped with white. 

 Turdus viscivorus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2C)l. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



2l6.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 806. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 326. 1. 



Turt. Brit. Faun. 1. 35. 60. 

 Turdus major. Briss. 2. 200. 1. 

 Le Draine. Buff: Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 2Q5. t. ig.f. l.Buff. PI. 



Enl. 489. 

 Missel Thrush. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 105. Pen. Arct. Zool. 



2. 341. B. Albin. 1. 33. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 16. 1. Lenin. 



Brit. Birds. 2. 57- Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 96. Mont. Brit. 



Birds. 1. Mont. Supp. 



THIS is one of the largest of the genus, and 

 weighs near five ounces: its length is eleven 

 inches : its beak is dusky: the base of the lower 

 mandible yellowish : irides hazel : the plumage on 

 the upper parts of the body light brown, with a 

 tinge of rufous on the rump : quills brown, with 

 pale edges: the lower wing-coverts tipped with 

 white : sides of the head and throat yellowish 

 white, spotted with brown j from thence to the 

 vent white, with dusky spots : those of the breast 

 triangular in shape, and of the belly and sides 

 roundish : tail similar to the quills, the three or 

 four outer feathers with white tips, and the inner 

 web of the exterior one nearly white: legs in- 

 clining to yellow: claws black: the sexes very 

 much resemble each other ; but the colours of 



