WOOD THRUSH. 375 



Having given you a description of the Dogwood before, when I pre- 

 sented that tree in bloom, I have only to say here, that you now see it in 

 its autumnal colouring, adorned with its berries, of which the Wood 

 Thrush is fond. 



TuRDus MTiSTELiNus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 817 — Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. 



p. 331 Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 75. 



Tawny Thrush, Lath. Syn. vol. iii. p. 28. 



Wood Thrush, Turdus melodius, Wils. Amer. Ornith. vol. i. p. 35. PI. 2. fig. 1. 



Adult Male. Plate LXXIII. Fig. 1. 



Bill of ordinary length, nearly straight, compressed towards the end ; 

 upper mandible with the dorsal outline a little convex, the tip slightly 

 declinate, the margins acute, inflected towards the end, slightly notched 

 tlose upon the tip ; lower mandible slightly convex in its dorsal line, the 

 tip rather obtuse. Head of ordinary size ; neck and body rather slender. 

 Feet rather long ; tarsus longish, compressed, slender, anteriorly covered 

 with a few elongated scutella, posteriorly edged, longer than the middle 

 toe ; toes scutellate above, lateral ones almost equal, the outer connected 

 as far as the second joint. 



Plumage rather loose. A few longish bristles at the base of the upper 

 mandible. Wings of ordinary length, the third quill longest, the first 

 very short. Tail rather short, even, of twelve broad feathers. 



Bill dark brown above, flesh-colour beneath. Iris dark brown. Feet 

 pale flesh-colour. The general colour of the upper parts is light yellow- 

 ish-brown, the tail and wings a little darker, the lower part of the back 

 and the upper tail-coverts green. Eyes margined with a whitish circle. 

 Under parts yellowish-white, spotted with blackish-brown, excepting the 

 throat, the under tail-coverts, and the middle part of the breast and ab- 

 domen. 



Length 8 inches, extent of wings 13; bill along the ridge /j, along 

 the gap 1 ; tarsus 1 \, middle toe \^. 



Adult Female. Plate LXXIII. Fig. 2. 



The female scarcely differs from the male in external appearance. 



