238 MERULID.E. 



the wing from the anterior joint to the end of the longest 

 quill-feather four inches and three quarters. 



The female has all the upper surface of the body of a dull 

 brown; on the back are some large white spots edged with 

 brown ; throat and sides of the neck pure white, some of 

 the feathers occasionally varied with ash-brown ; all the 

 other under parts reddish white, with fine transverse lines 

 at the end of each feather ; tail light bay, the two middle 

 feathers ash brown. 



Young birds of the year, according to M. Temminck, 

 differ remarkably. All the upper parts light ash brown, 

 each feather terminated with a spot of greyish white. 

 Quill-feathers tipped with white ; wing-coverts edged with 

 grey and tipped with white; tail red, tipped with white; 

 under part of the body something like that of the adult 

 female, but more varied with white, which is again inter- 

 sected with brown lines. 



The vignette represents the form of the breast-bone of 

 the Blackbird. 



