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OR Ded «6GEN. I. THRUSH. 
SPE. V. FIELDFARE. 
Pl. 65. 
Turdus pilaris. Lin, Syf. I. p. 291. 
La Litorne, ou Tourdelle. Brif. Orn. II. p. 214. 
The length of this fpecies is ten inches, breadth feventeen, weight about four 
ounces. The bill is yellowifh, witha black tip: round the mouth a few briftles: 
eyes hazel: head afh-coloured, inclining to olive, and fpotted with black; back 
part of the neck, and rump, afh-coloured: back and wings a fine chefnut 
brown: quills and tail black brown: the quills and greater coverts edged with 
dufky white : fore part of the neck and breaft reddith yellow, {potted with black. 
This fpecies, like the preceding, pafles only the winter with us, and during 
its ftay feeds on hawthorn, holly, and other berries. Its flefh is accounted ex- 
cellent. 

