THRUSH. 23 



C— A high coloured Variety of the Song Thrush, in Mr. Salt's col- 

 lection, was in size the same; upper parts every where greyish brown, 

 some of the wing feathers marked with rufous at the ends; beneath 

 fine, pale, rufous yellow, with numerous, cordated, or arrow-shaped 

 black spots, pointing upwards ; lower belly, and vent plain ; under 

 wing coverts tawny orange ; all the inner webs, from the base to 

 three-fourths of the length, fine tawny, but not visible when the 

 wing is closed ; tail plain; legs dusky. This was shot near Dixan, 

 in Abyssinia, and its notes are said to be somewhat like those of 

 the English bird. 



3.— HEATH THRUSH. 



Heath Throstle, Ray's Letters, pp. 137. 140. 



THIS bird is supposed, by the author of the Epitome of the Art 

 of Husbandry, which Mr. Ray quotes on the occasion, to be 

 different from either of our species ; and he rather supposes it to be 

 the Ring-Ouzel than any other, which bird is called Heath-Throstle 

 in Craven* : be this as it may ; the late Mr. Lewin shewed me a 

 pair of Thrushes similar to the Song Thrush in colour, but darker, 

 and the tail rather shorter ; these were shot near Dartford, in Kent, 

 not far from which place he then lived ; and on our examination 

 they appeared different from the Song Thrush ; I remember, too, 

 to have made some remarks on them at the time, but having mislaid 

 my notes, I cannot venture to say here more on the subject. 



* Colonel Montagu thinks it may more probably be a Common Throstle in dark 

 plumage.— Orn. Diet. Supp. 



