Class II. 



BLACKBIRD. 



411 



Turdus Merula. T. ater, ros- 



tropalpebrisquefulvis. Lath. 



Ind. orn. 340. id. Syn. iii. 



43. id. Sap. i. 141. 

 Le Merle noir. Belon av. 320. 

 Merula. Gesnerav. 602. 

 Aldr. av. ii. 276. 

 Merlo. Zinan. 39. Olina, 2Q. 

 Wil. ern. igo. 

 Rail Syn. av. 60. 

 La Merle. Brisson av. ii. 227. 



Hist, d'ois. iii. 330. PL 



Enl. 2. 



Turdus Merula. Gm. Lin. 



831. 

 Kohl-Trast. Faun. Suec. sp 



220. 

 Dan. & Norvegis Solsort. Br. 



234. 

 Amsel, Amarl. Kram. 360. 

 Schwartze Amsel. Frisch, i, 



29. 

 Koss. Scopoli, No. 197. 

 Br. Zool. 92. Arct. Zool. ii. 

 . 29- 



5. Black- 

 bird. 



JlHIS bird is of a very retired and solitary 

 nature ; frequents hedges and thickets, in which 

 it builds earlier than any other bird. The nest 

 is formed of moss, dead grass, fibres, &c. lined 

 or plaistered with clay, and that again covered 

 with hay or small straw. It lays four or five 

 eggs of a bluish green color, marked with irre- 

 gular dusky spots. The note of the male is 

 extremely fine, but too loud for any place ex- 

 cept the woods ; it begins to sing early in the 

 spring, continues its music part of the summer, 

 desists in the moulting season ; but resumes it 

 for some time in September, and the first winter 

 months, 



