Class II. 



THROSTLE. 



407 



Turdus musicus. T. supra gri- 

 seo-fuscus, subtus albo-rufe- 

 scens maculis nigricantibus 

 varius, remigibus basi inte- 

 liore ferrugineis. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 327. id. Syn. iii. 18. 

 id. Sup. i. 13g. 



La petite Grive. Belon av. 

 226. 



Turdus minor alter. Gesner av. 

 762. 



Aldr. av. ii. 275. 



Stomo. Olina, 18. 



Mavis, Throstle, or Song 

 Thrush. Wil. orn. 188. 



Rati Syn. av. 64. 



La petite Grive, Turdus mi- 

 nor. Brisson av. ii. 205. 



Hist, d'ois. iii. 280. PL 3. Throstle/. 



Enl. 406. 

 Turdus musicus. Gm. Lin. 



8O9. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 217- 

 Turdus in altissimis. Klein, 



stem. av. Tab. 13. 

 Weindroschl, VTeissdroscbL 



Sommer-droschl. Kram. 



361. 

 Sing-Drossel, or Weiss-dros- 



sel. Frisch, i. 27. 

 Cimbris & Bornkolmis, Viin- 



drossel. Norvegis, Tale 



Trast. Br. 236. 

 Drasich. Scopoli, No. 195. 

 Br. Zool. 91. plate P. f. 2. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 25. 



J_ HE weight of this species is three ounces : 

 the length nine inches : the breadth thirteen 

 inches and a half. In colors it so nearly re- 

 sembles the missel thrush, that no other remark 

 need be added, but that it is less, and that the 

 inner coverts of the wings are yellow. 



The throstle is the finest of our singing birds, 

 not only for the sweetness and variety of its notes, 

 but for the long continuance of its harmony ; 

 for it obliges us with its song for nearly three 

 parts of the year. Like the missel bird, it de- 

 livers its music from the top of some high tree ; 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



