492 VARIED THRUSH. 
of the lower parts is much paler ; the lower wing-coverts have no tinge 
of red, and part of the breast and abdomen is nearly pure white. 
Length to end of tail 10 inches ; wing from flexure 53%; tail 3x4 ; 
bill along the ridge +3; tarsus 1} ; middle toe and claw 1,3. 
The plant represented on the plate is the American Mistletoe, Vis- 
cum verticillatum, on the berries of which several of our Thrushes oc- 
easionally feed, as the Mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus, is said to do on 
those of Viscum album. It is found in almost every part of the United 
States, growing chiefly on oaks and apple-trees. 
