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*rh€ M'tzzel-Bhd. Turdus Vifcivoius, 

 Numb. XXXIII. 



IT S Length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail is 1 1 Inches j Breadth 

 when the Wings are extended, i8 Inches ; Weight four Ounces and a half ; its Bill is 

 ftreight like that of a Black-Bird's ; the upper Chap dufky and fomewhat longer than 

 the lower ; the Tongue hard, channeled and flic at the Tip, horny and pellucid; the in- 

 lide of the Mouth yellow ; the Noftrils large and almoft of an oval Figure ; the Irides, 

 of the Eye hazel-coloured j the Legs and Feet yellowifh ; the Claws black ; the outer 

 fore Toe fliicks to the middlemoft as far as the firft Joint, no Membrane intervening. The 

 Head is of a dufky cinereous or lead Colour, the middlemofl Part of each Feather being 

 blacker; the Back, Tail and Rump have fome Mixture of yellow ; in Summer it changes 

 Colour and becomes more cinereous ; the under Side of the Body from the Bill to the 

 Tail is fpeckled with pretty large blackifh Spots ; the upper Part of the Breaft,. Sides and 

 Feathers under the Tail are of a yellowifli white ; the Middle of the Breaft whiter. 



The Number of quill Feathers in each Wing is 1 8, whereof the fecond being by Mea- 

 fure the longeft is five Inches ; the Tail is four Inches and a half long, and made up of 

 12 Feathers of equal Length. 



It hath no Craw ; the Gizzard is not very thick or flefliy, wherein are found Cater- 

 pillars, &c. The Guts are great but Ihort ; the blind Guts little andfhort; it hath a pale 

 coloured Liver and a Gall-bladder. 



It delights to fet on the Tops of high Trees, and in the Spring-time fings rarely wellj 

 it abides with us all the Year, and is a folitary Bird accompanying Vv'ith only its Mate ; 

 it is the worft Meat of all the Thrufh Kind ; in the Winter it feeds on Holly-berries^ each. 

 Bird taking Poffeffion of his Tree, not permitting any other Birds to feed onitj, buc 

 beat and drive them away, which occafions them to be eafily taken. 



They commonly build their Neft with rotten Twigs on the outfide, and dead Grals, Hay,, 

 or Mofs within ; it feldom lays above four or five Eggs ; hatches three and never more than 

 four young ones, and breeds twice a Year, feeding their young with the Berries of Mi- 

 jleto-y from which they arc faid to be good for Convulfions and the Falling Sicknefs,, 

 the whole Bird being dryed and a Penny-weight of the Powder given in fix Spoonfuls of 

 black Cherry- water fwcetncd with Syrup of Piony, 



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