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TUKDUS MUSICUS. 



(SONG-THRUSH.) 



Turdus musicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 292 (1766). 

 Turdus minor, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 382 (1831). 

 Turdus philomelos, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 382 (1831) 

 Sylvia musica, Savi, Orn. Tosc. i. p. 211 (1827). 

 Merula musica, Selby, Brit. B. i. p. 162 (1833). 

 Iliacus musicus, Des Murs, Traite d'Ool. p. 292 (1860). 



Mavis, Throstle, Throstle Cock, Grey Bird, Garden-Thrush, Smeorach, English ; Grive, French ; 

 Tordo bottaccio, Italian ; Zorzal, Spanish ; Tordo, Portuguese ; Malviz, Maltese ; Sing- 

 drossel, German ; Zanglijster, Dutch ; Naaltrost, Norwegian ; Talltrast, Sdngtrast, Swedish ; 

 Drossel, Sangdrossel, Graadrossel, Bogdrossel, Danish ; Haukirastas, Finnish ; Drozo- 

 pavtschi, Russian. 



Figuros notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 13; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 78, fig. 2; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 193 

 (1843) ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. Taf. 66, fig. 2 ; Kjsrb. Orn. Dan. Afb. xvi. fig. 3 ; Schlegel, 

 Vog. Nederl. pi. 108 ; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit. pt. ix. ; Bettoni, Ucc. nidif. Lomb. ii. 

 fasc. xxiv. 



3 supra saturate olivaceo-brunneus: tectricibus alarum magis fulvescenti-brunneis, conspicue aurato-fulvo 

 terminatis : remigibus saturate brunneis, extiis olivaceo-brunneo lavatis, prsesertim secundariis : Cauda 

 olivascenti-brunnea, vix aureo tincta, subtus pallidiore : loris et supercilio indistincto fulvescentibus : 

 plumis orbitalibus fulvescenti-albis : genis brunnescentibus, regione parotica, postica nigricante, aurato- 

 fulvo longitudiualiter striatis : stria, malari a basi mandibulse orta fulvescente : corpore subtus albicante, 

 gutture et pectore antico fulvescentibus : gula, ipsa, immaculata, sed corpore reliquo naaculis subtriquetris 

 brunneis undique notato, macubs ventris minoribus et potius lineas angustas longitudinales formantibus, 

 hypochondriis obscure brunneo striolatis : subcaudalibus albis, paullo brunneo lavatis : subalaribus laete 

 aurato-fulvis : rostro nigriauti-bruuneo, ad basin mandibulaj flavicante : pedibus jiallide cai'neis : iride 

 brunnea. 



? mari sirnLLiSj paullo minor. 



Juv. supra aurato-brunneus, fulvo longitudinaliter striatus : dorsi plumarum parte mediana fulva versus apicem 

 dilatata, et nigro terminata : tectricibus alarum latissime fulvo striolatis, plumarum omnium parte 

 mediana versus apicem conspicue dilatata, majoribus fulvo marginatis et terminatis : alis et Cauda ut 

 in adultis coloratis, illis aurato-brunneo magis conspicue marginatis et lavatis : facie laterali clarhis 

 aurato-fulva, supercilio distincto, genis et vitta, malari minus nigro maculatis : subtus omnino ful- 

 vescens, abdomine albicante, gula, immaculata, corpore reliquo nigro maculato : subcaudalibus fulve- 

 scentibus, subalaribus saturatioribus aurato-fulvis : rostro corneo : pedibus flavicante-brunneis. 



Male. Above dark olive-brown, tbe bead sligbtly inclining to golden brown ; wing-coverts coloured like 



