ClafsII. MISSEL-BIRD. 



223 



inches and a half long ; the two middJemoft feathers 

 are of a dufky brown ; the others black with white 

 tips : the end and exterior fide of the outmoft fea- 

 thers wholly white. 



Genus XVI. THRUSHES. 



I. The 



I S S E L - B I R D. 



La Grive ou Siferre, Belon a^v. 

 Gefner a'v. 



324- 

 Turd us vifcivorus. 



759- 

 Aldr. av. ii. 273. 

 Tordo, Olina 25. 

 Miffel-bird, or Shrite. Wil. orn. 



187. 

 Rati fyn. a^u. 64, 

 Miffeltoe-thrufh, or Shreitch. 



Charlton ex, 8g. 



Tordo vifcada, Zicchio. Zinan. 



39- 

 La gro fie grive. Turd as major. 



BriJI'on a^J, ii. 200. 

 Lin. Jyji. 291. 



Biork-Traft. Faun. Suec. fp. 216. 

 Dobbek-Krarasfugl. Brunnich, 



231. 

 Zariker, Miftler, Zerrer. Kram> 



361. 

 Br- Zool. 90. plate P. f. i. 



THIS is diftinguiflied from all of the kind by its 

 fuperior fize -, weighing near five ounces. Its Defer, 

 length is eleven inches : its breadth fixteen and a 

 half: in colors it very much refembles that v/ell 

 knowa bird the Throftle ; and differs materially only 

 in thefe particulars, viz. The fpots on the bread are 

 larger j and the inner coverts of the wings in this are 

 v/hite, in the Throftle yellow. 



Thefe birds build their nefts in buihes, or on the fide 

 of feme tree, generally an afh, and lay four or five 

 eggs : their note of anger or fear is very harfii, be- 

 tween a chatter and a ikreek ; from whence fomc of 



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