BIRDS. PASSERES. 15. 16. SS 



Le**th 5 inches : extent 7 and a half: weight 5 drachms. 

 fill brown : iris hazel : above the eyes a Itroke of white : quills 

 4usky, tipt with white, variegated with black : shoulders and lel'ser 

 coverts tawny fpotted with white: rump tawny : tail tawny, of 13 

 ftiff pointed feathers : legs brown, 



ORDER III. PASSERES. 



15. STURNUS. Stare. 



9. St. vulgaris. Bill yellow: bo-iy glossy-black, with 

 yellowish-whte spo's. 



Starling. Br. Z&ol. t. 46. Lewi it t. 56. IValcot t. 19.3. 



Length 8 inches 3 quarters ; extent 14 inches : weight 3 ounces. 

 J5/// in the young bird bluish at tne bafe : iris hazei : head, n~ctt, and 

 upper parts of th,e back black, with a purple and green glofs : lo.ver 

 part of the back, breaft, wing-covert* and ru -p bLtck, with a dark- 

 green shade : quill-feathers and tail dusky, the former edited with 

 yellow on the outer-web, the latter with dirty white : legs reddish- 

 brown. Young bird dusky brown. 



16. TURDUS. Thrush. 



60. T. viscivorns. Above brown, beneath yellowish-white 

 with duskv spots ; 3 outer tail-ieaihers tipt with 

 white, 



Mifsel Thrush. Lewfn t.6i, Albin i. t. 33. Wakot t. 197. 



Length n inches : extent 16 and a half: weight near 5 ounces. 

 Bill dusky, the bafe of the lower-mandible yellowish : iris hazel : 

 head, back, and lesser wing-coverts olive brown ; lower part of the 

 back with a yellow tinge : sides of the head and throat whitish, with 

 blackish fpots : larger wing-coverts tipt with white : quills brown, 

 with a mixture of grey on the outer-webs : legs pale yellowish* 

 brown : cla:us dusky. 



61. T. musicus. Above brown, beneath yellowish-white, 

 with blackish arrow-shaped spots : quill-feathers fer*- 

 ruginous on the inner base. 



Throftle, Song Thrush Lewfn t, 62. Walcot t. 198. 



Length. 9 inches : extent 13 and a half: weight 3 ounces. 

 Differs from the laft in having the upper-parts more uniformly 

 brown, the fpots underneath arrow-shaped and pointing upwards, 

 and the inner-wing-coverts yellow. 



62. T. Eiiceloruni. Above brown, beneath yellowish- 

 white, with blackish arrow-shaped spots : across the 

 eyes a blackish stripe. 



Heath Thrush. Lewin's Brit, birds, ii. tab. 63. 



Refembles the laft, but is heavier ; the neck not fo long, the chin 

 whiter, acrofs the eyes a short blackish ftripe, and the tail is half 

 an inch shorter. 



63. T. iliacus. Above brown, beneath whitish, with 

 blackish spots : over the eyes a whitish line : under- 

 parts of the wings and sides reddish-oranpe. 



Red-wing. Lewin t. 64. IValcot. t. 199. Albin i. t. 35. 



Length 8 inches and a half: weight near 2 ounces and a half. 

 .BzV/ blackish, with a dusky bafe : .iris hazel : under the eyes a dusky 

 patch : lower part of the belly and vent white, 



64. T. piiaris. Head grey, spotted with black : back and 

 wings chesnut-brown : breast reddish-yellow, spotted 

 with black : tail black, the outermost feathers whit- 

 ish on the inner-margin at the tip. 



