128 TURBINE. TURDUS. 



Thrush. Throstle. Mavis. 



Turdus musicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 292. Turdus musicus, 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 164. Turdus musicus, Song Thrush, 

 or Mavis, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 127. 



66. TURDUS ILIACUS. RED-SIDED THRUSH, OR REDWING. 



Upper parts deep hair-brown, inclining to olive ; a blackish- 

 brown spot before the eye, a large whitish band over it ; secon- 

 dary coverts tipped with greyish-white ; fore part of neck and 

 breast white, with longitudinal streaks of blackish-brown and 

 pale brown ; middle of the sides and lower wing-coverts light 

 red. 



Male, 8j, 14, 4J, A> 1A, ii, . Female, 8J, 13 J. 



Arrives from the north in the end of October, and departs 

 in the beginning of May. Gregarious, frequenting the open 

 fields, where it feeds on worms and larvae ; and during snow, 

 betakes itself to the hedges and thickets, to eat the hawthorn 

 and holly berries. It roosts on trees, flies with rapidity, and 

 is generally shy and vigilant. 



Wind Thrush. Swinepipe. 



Turdus iliacus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 292. Turdus iliacus, 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 165. Turdus iliacus. Red-sided 

 Thrush, or Redwing, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 141. 



67. TURDUS VARIUS. VARIEGATED THRUSH. 



Bill large ; wings of moderate length, with the second and 

 sixth quills equal, the fourth longest, but the third and fifth 

 scarcely shorter ; tail even ; upper parts yellowish-brown, 

 lighter behind, lunulated with brownish-black; loral space and 

 throat white ; sides and lower fore part of the neck, breast, 

 and sides of the body yellowish- white, lunulated with brown- 

 ish-black. 



Adult, lOf, . ., 5 T \, 1 A, ly 2 *, if, A- 



The bill of this species being a little larger, and its wings 

 a little shorter than those of some others, it has been proposed 

 to separate it generically under the name of Oreocincla, or 

 Mountain Thrush. It was found by Dr Horsfield in the fo- 

 rests of a mountain in Java, and is said to occur in various 

 parts of India, Japan, and Australia. Mr Yarrell states, that 

 a specimen shot in the New Forest, Hampshire, appears to be 

 identical with Dr Horsfield's Turdus varius, and his descrip- 

 tion agrees in all essential respects. Why, then, does he name 

 this Hampshire bird Turdus Whitei ? Another Thrush, shot 

 by the Earl of Malmesbury, at Heron Court, near Christ- 



