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claws; in fact it is totally different, and nothing like any missel 
thrush I ever saw, and although differing from Yarrell’s description 
it was near enough to leave no doubt with me of its being White’s 
thrush, and but for your asking for it I would never have troubled 
to write the difference. I] may add, as I see a note in the 
‘Zoologist’ (S. S. 2942) by Lord Clifton, in which is mentioned 
the singular resemblance this bird has to the woodcock on the 
wing, that this is exactly what Mr. Burdon told me,—he thought 
it was a woodcock when he first saw it. I hope the comparative 
description will answer your request, and that you will give ita 
place in the ‘ Zoologist.’ 
Wuitr’s THrusu. 
Length of the bird eleven inches and 
a half. 
Length of the beak one inch and 
five-sixteenths. 
Length of wing from carpal joint six 
inches and a half (remember the 
third feather of the wing is want- 
ing). 
Length of the tarsus one inch and a 
half. 
The upper mandible is brown at the 
point and base, lighter in middle, 
the edges pale yellow; the under 
mandible is pale yellow-brown, 
darker at the point. 
The feathers on the upper part of the 
head and neck are brown, with 
yellow ends and tipped with black ; 
those of the back, scapulars and 
upper tail-coverts are grayish 
brown, with pale yellow ends and 
a crescentic tip of black, the shaft 
of each feather yellow. 
The smaller wing-coverts have broad 
yellow ends pointing up the shaft, 
which is yellow; the lateral webs 
black. 
Youne or Misset Turousx. 
Length of the bird ten inches and a 
quarter. 
Length of the beak one inch and one- 
eighth. 
Length of wing from carpal joint five 
inches and five-eighths. 
Length of the tarsus one inch and 
one-eighth. 
The upper mandible is dark brown; 
the under mandible is paler brown, 
palest at the point. 
The feathers of the head, neck and 
lower back are a mottled mixture 
of pale or grayish brown ; those of 
the back are pale brown, lighter 
up the shaft, the ends dark brown. 
The smaller wing-coverts are pale 
brown, with a light streak up each 
side of the shaft (which is the same 
colour), nearly the length of the 
feather, tipped with dark brown. 
