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fostered bird, which probably died, or by reason of its 
weakness met with some fatal accident.” 
Towards the end of autumn our native Thrushes receive 
a considerable accession in number from the birds that 
arrive from the North. M. Nilsson, a Professor of Natural 
History in Sweden, says, ‘‘ the Thrushes leave that country 
for the winter, and come further south;” and Mr. Selby 
remarks, that, “like many of our autumnal visitants, they 
arrive with a north or north-east wind, plainly indicating 
the countries from which they hold their progress. After 
recruiting their strength for a few days, they move onward 
in a southerly direction.” 
The Thrush is universally spread over Britain and its 
islands : it is also common durmg summer in Denmark, 
Sweden, Norway, and Russia. From thence southwards it 
extends over Germany, France, Italy, Corfu, Sicily, Malta, 
and the Morea, in autumn and winter, and has been seen 
as far east as Smyrna, Trebizond and Erzeroom. 
The beak is umber brown, except the base of the under 
mandible, which is a paler yellow brown; the irides hazel 
brown ; the upper part of the head, neck, and back, wings, 
rump, and upper surface of the tail-feathers, dark hair- 
brown; the external edges of the primaries and wing- 
coverts wood-brown ; from the beak to the eye a dark 
brown streak, with a lighter brown streak over it; the 
eyelids light brown ; the feathers forming the ear-coverts 
mottled with two shades of brown, with darker coloured 
tips forming part of a circle; the chin white; the throat, 
sides of the neck, breast, and flanks, ochraceous yellow, 
spotted with dark brown; belly, vent, and tail-coverts, 
nearly white, the former with a few well-defined spots 
of dark brown; under surface of tail-feathers reddish 
brown; legs and toes pale brown, claws darker brown. 
