MIGBATOBY THBU8H. 



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INSECTIVOR^. 



Family TURDID^. f Bonaparte. J 



Genus Turdus. f LimK^us.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak medium size, compressed, and more or less 

 bent at the tip; the upper mandible hollowed out towards the end; isolated 

 hairs at the gape. Nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, and partly covered by a 

 naked membrane. Feet with the tarsi longer than the middle toe; the 

 exterior toe united at its base to the middle one. The first primary almost 

 wanting, or short; in some species the third is the longest, in others the 

 fourth. 



MIGRATOEY THRUSH. 



Turdus migratorius. 



Turdus migratorius, 



" canadensis, 

 The Robin, 



Migratory Thrush, American JPieldfat'e, 

 Merle Erratique and Litorne du Canada, 

 Wanderdrossel, 

 Red-breasted Thrush, 



LiNN.5:us. Gmelin. Latham. 



ViEILLOT. TeMMINCK. 



Bonaparte. Schlegel. 

 Brisson. 

 Wilson. 

 Of Authors. 

 Of the French. 

 .Of the Germans. 

 Bree, first edition. 



Specific Characters. — Wings with the bastard feathers short; first primary 

 longer than the third, the second longest of all. Plumage olive brown, 

 underneath rufous; head of the adult blackish, more or less spotted with 

 brown below, and of an ashy brown tint above in the young. 



Measwement. — Length nine inches and four lines; beak twelve lines; tail 

 three inches and six lines; feet fifteen lines; toe with claw twelve lines 

 and a half; extent of wings fourteen inches and eight lines. 



This is a North American species, where it ranges as far as 

 Hudson's Bay. It is only an accidental visitor to Europe. According 

 VOL. II. r 



