1 74 SONG-THRUSH. 



especially in the summer, and is vulgarly called 

 the Holm-screech : it is migratory in some places ; 

 and is well known throughout the European con- 

 tinent : in defect of other food, it will eat the roots 

 of plants and ivy berries : it is said to be very good 

 eating. 



SONTG-TIIRUSH. 



(Turclus musicus.) 



Tu. supra grisco-fiiscus, subtus a/bo rnfescens maculis nigricantt- 



bus varius, remigibm bast inter lore ftrrugineis. 

 Thrush above grey brown, beneath whitish red, varied with 



dusky spots; the interior base of the quills ferruginous. 

 Turdus musicus. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 1. 292. 2. Lin. Faun. Suec. 



217. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. QQQ.Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 327. 



Turt. Brit. Fauti. 1. 35. 6l. 

 Turdus minor. Briss. 2. 205. 2, 



La Grive. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 280. Bvff. PI. Enl. 406. 

 Throstle, or Song-thrush. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 107. Pen.Arct. 



Zool. 2. 342. C.Albin. l34.Leuin. Brit. Birds. 2. 58. 



Mont. Brit. Birds. 2. Mont. Sup. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 18.2. 



Lath. Syn. Sup. 139. Betvick. Brit. Birds. 1. 100. 



THIS well known species weighs about three 

 ounces, and measures nine inches in length : itsbeak 

 is dusky, the under mandible yellowish at the base : 

 irides hazel : head, and upper parts of the body, 

 yellowish brown, with a few obscure dusky lines 

 on the former: the throat, neck, and sides, are 

 yellowish : the breast and belly white, the former 

 spotted with dusky : the under wing-coverts dull 



