TUKDUS VISCIVOKUS. 



(MISSEL-THRUSH.) 



Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1766). 

 Sylvia viscivora, Savi, Orn. Tosc. i. p. 208 (1827). 

 Ixocossyphus viscivorus, Kaup, Nattirl. Syst. p. 145 (1829). 

 Turdus major, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 379 (1831). 

 Turdus arboreus, Id. torn. cit. p. 380 (1831). 

 Merula viscivora, Selby, 111. Brit. Orn. i. p. 158 (1833). 

 Turdus hodgsoni, Von Homeyer, Rhea, ii. p. 150 (1849). 



Missel-Thrush, Misseltoe-Thrush, Storm-cock, Holm-Thrush, Fulfer, English ; Grive Draine? 

 French ; Tordela, Italian ; Charla, Drena, Spanish ; Tordeira, Tordoveia, Portuguese ; 

 Malvitzun, Maltese ; Misteldrossel, German ; de groote Lijster, Dutch ; Misteldrossel, 

 Danish ; Dubbeltrast, Swedish ; Kulorastas, Finnish ; Lrozd Deryaba, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 11 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 77 ; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 179 (1843) ; 

 Nauru. Vog. Deutschl. Taf. 66. fig. 1 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. Afb. xvi. fig. 4 ; Schlegel, Vog. 

 Nederl. pi. 106 ; Gould, B. of Gt. Br. part xv. ; Bett. Ucc. nidif. Lomb. tav. 19. 



<J ad. supril griseo-brunneus, plus minusve olivascenti-aureo lavatus : tectricibus supracaudalibus dilutioribus 

 pallide flavicante marginatis : teetricibus alarum minimis dorso concoloribus, medianis brunneis albido 

 terminatis, maximis albido marginatis, extimis aliquot olivaceo lavatis : remigibus brunneis, primariis 

 albido marginatis, secundariis externis aureo, pennis dorsalibus albido, late marginatis : cauda cinera- 

 scenti-brunnea, anguste albo terminata, rectricibus duabus externis pogonio interno magis conspicue 

 albo notatis : loris et supercilio indistincto cum regione oculari albidis : genis fuivescentibus, brunneo 

 minute punctulatis : regione auriculari magis brunnescente, albo longitudinaliter varia : mento albo : 

 gutture albo paullo fulvescente, maculis parvis subtriquetris brunneis notato : corpore reliquo subtus 

 albido, aureo-fulvo plus minusve lavato, pectore summo maculis magnis subtriquetris nigris ornato, 

 pectore imo maculis subovatis nigris sparsius notato : subcaudalibus fuivescentibus paullo brunneo 

 variis : subalaribus pure albis : rostro brunneo, ad basin flavicante : pedibus flavidis : iride satui'ate 

 brunnea. 



2 mari simflis, vix dilutior. 



Juv. supra albescens, aureo lavatus et striolatus, fasciis nigris ante apicem plumse transnotatis : tectricibus 

 alarum remigibusque aureo late marginatis : uropygio fulvescenti-aureo : rectricibus albo terminatis : 

 subtus albicans lsete aureo lavatus, maculis nigris rotundatis ubique notatus. 



Adult Male. Above greyish brown, slightly inclining to olive-brown here and there, and very distinctly 

 washed with golden, especially on the rump, where some of the feathers are edged with whitish ; least 



