107. THROS- 
TLE. 
DeEscrIP. 
FHROSTLE. eae 
La petite Grive. Belom av. Faun. Suec. fp. 217. 
226. Turdus in altiflimis. Kez 
Turdus minor alter. Gefner fiem. av. tab. 13. 
av. 762. Weindrefchl, Weiffdrofchl, - 
Alar, av. Wl. 275. - Sommer-drofchl. Kram. 
Storno. Ofza, 18. 361. 
Mavis, Throftle, or Song Sing-Droffel, or Weiff-droffel. 
Thrufh. Wil. orz. 188. Frifch, 1. 27. 
Raii fyn. av. 64. Cimbris & Bornholmis, Viin- 
La petite Grive, Turdus mi- droffel. Norvegis, Tale 
nor. Brifor av. Il. 205. Traft. Br. 236. 
Hift. d’ Oys. Il. 280. Br. Zool. 91. plate P. f. 2. 
Turdus muficus. Liz. fpf. Drafich.  Scopoli, No. 195- 
292. 
‘HE weight of this fpecies is three ounces: 
the length nine inches: the breadth thir-- 
teen and a half. In colors it fo nearly refembles 
the miffel thrufh, that no other remark need be 
added, but that it is leffer, and that the inner co- 
verts of the wings are yellow. 
The throftle is the fineft of our finging birds, not 
only for the {weetnefs and variety of its notes, but 
for long continuance of its harmony ; for it obliges 
us with its fong for near three parts of the year. 
Like the miffel bird, it delivers its mufic from the 
top of fome high tree; but to form its neft de- 
fcends to fome low bufh or thicket: the neft is 
made of earth, mofs, and ftraws, and the infide is 
curioufly plaiftered with clay. It lays five or fix 
eggs, 
