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at Fig. 30), is a small bird, with the head, neck, and 

 back of a deep bluish-grey, the shoulders blackish, 

 the lower part of the back and the rump white, the 

 upper tail-coverts and the tail itself red, the wings 

 dark brown, each feather marked with a small darker 

 spot of the same colour, the under-parts reddish-brown, 

 the irides brown, and the bill blue-grey. The female 

 is duller in appearance, and has the tail and tail- 

 coverts reddish-brown. 



FIG. 31. THE BLUE THRUSH. 



Nearly all authorities are agreed as to the merits 

 of the Rock Thrush as a songster, but it is not a 

 common bird, and consequently commands a high 

 price. It should be fed as advised for the American 

 Mocking-Bird. Habitat, Central Europe. 



THE BLUE or SOLITARY THRUSH, Monticola 

 cyanus (illustrated at Fig. 31), is even more seldom 

 met with than the preceding, which it fairly rivals 

 in personal beauty and vocal merits. The upper 





