Song. 
Nest, &e. 
Foed. 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
Varieties. 
158 PASSERES. 'TURDUS. ReEepWING. 
for some years afterwards. The habits of this bird are very 
similar to those of the other species. —It has a clear and me- 
lodious note, and its song, when in its native or summer re- 
sidence, is said to be scarcely inferior to that of our common 
thrush. Upon the approach of spring it returns to the nor- 
thern provinces of Europe, where it breeds, and passes the 
summer. It is very abundant in Sweden, Norway, Lapland, 
and Russia.—In these countries it inhabits the woods and 
thickets adjoining to low or marshy tracts, and builds in 
maple, birch, and other trees, laying from four to six eggs, 
of a bluish-green colour, marked with blackish-brown spots.— 
In addition to fruits and berries, it feeds upon insects and 
worms. 
Pirate 45. Fig. 3. Natural size. 
Head and upper parts deep hair-brown, tinged with oil-green. 
The space between the bill and eye black, intermixed 
with yellow. Over each eye is a large white streak. 
Sides of the neck, breast, and flanks white, with nume- 
rous large oblong blackish-brown spots. Belly pure 
white. Under wing-coverts deep reddish-orange. Legs 
pale wood-brown, inclining to flesh-coloured red. 
The female is similar to the male, except that her colours are 
not so bright. 
White and cream-coloured varieties are sometimes found. 
~ Blackbird.—Turdus Merula, Linn. 
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PLATE 45. Fig. 4. and PLATE 43. Fig. 2. 
Turdus Merula, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 295. 22. Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 831.—Lath. ind. 
Ornith. v. 1. p. 340. 50.—Raii, Syn. p. 65. A. 1.—Will. p. 140. t. 37. 
Le Merle, Buff: Ois. v. 3. p. 330.—ZJd. Pl. Enl. 2., the male, and 535. the 
female. 
Merle noir, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 168. 
Schwartz-Drossel, Bechst. Tasschenb. Deut. p. 149.—Id. Naturg. Deut. 
v. 3. p. 376.—Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 199.—frisch. t. 29. 
Merula leucocephalus, varia et candida, Briss. y. 2. p. 230. 231. 232. 
Blackbird, Br. Zool. No. 109. t. 47.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 345. I.—Will. Ang. 
p- 190.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 2. t. 61.—Lath. Syn. 3. p. 43. 46.—Id. Supp. 
