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BKLTISH BIRDS. 



THE FIELDFARE. 

 (Turdiis pilafSy Linn. Merle litornc, Temm.) 



THIS is somewhat less than the Missel Thrush; 

 length ten inches. The bill is yellow; each corner 

 of the mouth is furnished with a few black bristly 

 hairs ; eyes light brown ; the top of the head, 

 hinder part of the neck, the lower part of the back 

 and the rump are light bluish ash, the former 

 spotted with black; the back and coverts of the 

 wings are deep hoary brown; the throat and breast 

 yellow, regularly spotted with black; the belly and 

 thighs yellowish white ; tail brown, inclining to 

 black; the legs dusky yellowish brown; in young 

 birds yellow. 



We have seen a variety of this bird, of which the 

 head and neck were yellowish white; the rest of 

 the body nearly of the same colour, mixed with a 



