Female 
Bird. 
150 PASSERES. TURDUS. Missi 
Fig. 3. In the female, the foreliead is not of so pure a white 
as in the other sex. The upper parts are of a blackish- 
grey; which is also the colour of the male in winter. 
Under parts white. Legs black. 
Genus XXIV. THRUSH. TURDUS, Linn. 
GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill slightly bending towards the pot, which is rather 
compressed ; the upper mandible emarginated. Gape fur- 
nished with a few bristles. Nostrils basal, lateral and oval, 
partly covered by.a naked membrane. Toes, three before 
and one behind ; the outer toe joined at its base to the middle 
one, which is shorter than the tarsus. Of the wings, the first 
quill is short, and the third and fourth are the longest. 
This is a numerous genus, and some of the various species 
that it includes are found in every quarter of the globe. 
They are divided by 'Tummincx into two sections, viz. those 
that_mhabit woods and thickets in the lower grounds; and 
such as live solitary, in recky and mountainous countries. 
The British species all belong to the first section. 
Many of the European species are migratory, and assemble 
during the winter in large flocks. Their food consists of in- 
sects and worms, together with different kinds of berries and 
fruits. Their moult appears to be simple. 
Missel-Thrush.—Turdus viscivorus, Lin. 
PLATE 44, Fig. 1. 
Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 291.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p.806.—Lath. Ind. 
Ornith. 1. 326. 1.—Raii, Syn. p. 64. A. 1.—Wiil. p. 137. t. 36. 
Turdus major, Briss. 2. p. 200. 1. 
La Draine, Buff: Ois. v. 3. p. 295. t. 19. f. 1.—Jd. Pl. Enl. 489. 
Merle Draine, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 161. 
Mistel-Drossel, Meyer, 'lasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 191.—Bechst. Tasschenb. 
Deut. v. 3. p. 324. 
Missel-Thrush, Br. Zool. 1. No. 105.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 341. 8.—Wiil. 
(Ang.) p. 187. t. 36.—Lewin’s Br. Birds. 2. t. 57.—Lath. Syn. 3. p. 161. 
