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ORD. Ill. GEN. Ill. THRUSH. 
SPE. IL SONG THRUSH. 
PL 63; 
Turdus muficus. Lin. Sy. I. p. 292. 
La petite Grive.. Brif. Orn. II. p. 205. 
This fpecies is inferiour in fize to the foregoing, being only nine inches in length, 
thirteen and half in breadth, and in weight three ounces; but it refembles it fo 
much in colour, as to need no farther obfervation than that the upper parts are 
of a more uniform brown, the inner coverts of the wings yellow, and the fpots 
on the under parts of the body fomewhat like the heads of arrows with the points 
upwards. 
It is much valued in England on account of its fong, as it has great fweetnefs 
and variety of note; and continues to fing near three quarters of the year. 
It breeds very early in the fpring, and makes its neft in fome low bufh, com- 
pofing it of earth, mofs, and f{traw, mixed together, and lining the infide with 
clay, on which it lays five or fix eggs. See Pl. XIV. fig, 1. 


