18 THRUSH. 



1.— MISSEL THRUSH. 



Turdus viscivorus, Ind.Orn.'i. 326. Lin. i. 291. Faun. Suec. No. 216. Gm. Lin. i. 



806. Scop. aim. i. 193. Rail, p. 6-1. A. 1. Will. 137. t. 36. Frisch, t. 25. 



Brun. No. 231. Kram. p. 361. Faun. Arag. p. S5. Borowsk. iii. 164. Klein, 



p. 65. /d. Sto«. 12. t. 13. f. 1. a. c. GeHre. iii. t. 294. Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 



86. Id. Ed. ii. p. 161. 

 Turdus major, Bris. ii. 200. Id. Svo. i. 213. 



La Draine, Buf. iii. 295. pi. 19. 1. PI. enl. 489. Hist. Prov. 492. 

 Der Mistel diossel, Sclimid, Vog. p. 49. 

 Tordella, Cett. Uc. Sard, 162. 



Tordo viscado, Zinnan. Uov. 39. t. 5. f. 21. Olin. Uc. t. p. 25. 

 Mistier, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 42. Naturf. xvii. s. 80. 

 Missel Thrush, Gen. Syn.m. p. 16. 1. Br. Zool. I. No. 105. /tf./o/. 90. t. P. f. 1. 



Id. Ed. 1S12. i. p. 301. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 341. B. Will. {Engl.) 187. pl.36. Alb. 



i. pi. 33. Bewick, i. p. 96. Lewin Birds, ii. pi. 57. Shaw's Zool. x. 172. Bolton, 



Birds, p. 3. pi. 3. & 4. fFa/c. Syr*, ii. t. 197. Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 10. Graves 



Br. Orn. Id. Ov. Brit. V. 1. pi. 6. Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. 



THIS, perhaps the largest of the Thrush kind, is eleven inches 

 in length ; breadth sixteen inches ; weight five ounces. Bill dusky, 

 base of the lower mandible and gape yellowish ; irides hazel ; 

 plumage on the upper parts of the body pale brown, with a rufous 

 tinge on the lower part of the back and rump ; sides of the head, 

 and throat yellowish white, spotted with brown ; from thence to the 

 vent the same, but marked with larger spots of dusky black, and of 

 a roundish shape; others nearly triangular, and some crescent or 

 kidney-shaped ; the second and third series of wing coverts have 

 white tips, and make a conspicuous appearance on the wing; the 

 quills grey brown, with pale edges ; tail the same, the three or four 

 outer feathers tipped with white; legs yellow, claws black. 



The female differs in being less bright in colour. 



The Missel Thrush is found in this kingdom throughout the year, 

 though in some parts of Europe it is perhaps migratory, or at least 



