BIRDS. PASSERES. 15. 16. 35 



length 5 inches : extent 7 and a half : weight 5 drachms. 

 Bill brown : iris hazel : above the eyes a ftroke of white : quills 

 dusky, tipt with white, variegated with black : shoulders and lefser 

 coverts tawny fpotted with white : rump tawny : tail tawny, of 12 

 ftifF pointed feathers : legs brown. 



ORDER III. PASSERES. 



15. STURNUS. Stare. 



59. St. vulgaris. Bili yellow: body glossy-black, with 

 yellowish-white spots. 



Starling. Br. Zool. t. 46. Lewin t. 56. Walcot t. 195. 



Length 8 inches 3 quarters : extent 14 inches : weight 3 ounces. 

 Bill in the young bird bluish at the bafe : iris hazel : head, neck, and 

 upper parts of the bach black, with a purple and green glofs : lower 

 part of the hack, breajt, wing-coverts, and rump black, with a dark- 

 green shade : quill-feathers and tail dusky, the former edged with 

 yellow on the outer-web, the latter with dirty white : legs reddish- 

 brown. Young bird dusky brown. 



16. TURDUS. Thrush. 



60. T. viscivorus. Above brown, beneath yellowish-white 

 with dusky spots : 3 outer tail-feathers tipt with 

 white. 



Mifsel Thrush. Lewin t. 61. Jlbin 1. t. 33. Walcot t. 197. 



Length 11 inches : extent 16 and a half: weight near 5 ounces* 

 Bill dusky, the bafe of the lower-mandible yellowish : iris hazel ; 

 head, back, and lesser wing-coverts olive brown; lower part of the 

 back with a yellow tinge : sides of the head and throat whitish, with 

 blackish fpots : larger wing-coverts tipt with white : quills brown, 

 with a mixture of grey on the outer-webs : legs pale yellowish- 

 brown : claws dusky. 



61. T. musicus. Above brown, beneath yellowish- white, 

 with blackish arrow-shaped spots : quill-feathers fer- 

 ruginous on the inner base. 



Throftle, Song Thrush Lewin t. 62. Walcot t. 198. 



Length 9 inches : extent 13 and a half : weight 3 ounces. 

 Differs from the laft in having the upper-parts more uniformly 

 brown, the fpots underneath arrow-shaped and pointing upwards, 

 and the inner-wing-coverts yellow, 



62. T. Ericetorum. Above brown, beneath yellowish- 

 white, with blackish arrow-shaped spots : across the 

 eyes a blackish stripe. 



Heath Thrush. Lewin's Brit, birds, ii. tab, 63. 



Refembles the laft, but is heavier ; the neck not fo long, the chin 

 whiter, acrofs the eyes a short blackish ftripe, and the tail is half 

 an inch shorter. 



63. T. iliacus. Above brown, beneath whitish, with 

 blackish spots : over the eyes a whitish line : under- 

 parts of the wings and sides reddish-oranpe. 



Red-wing. Lewin t. 64. Walcot. t. 199. Jlbin 1. t. 35. 



Length 8 inches and a half: weight near 2 ounces and a half. 

 Bill blackish, with a dusky bafe : iris hazel : under the eyes a dusky 

 patch : lower part of the belly and vent white. 



64. T. pilaris. Head grey, spotted with black : back and 

 wings chesnut-brown : breast reddish-yellow, spotted 

 with black : tail black, the outermost feathers whit* 

 ish on the inner-margin at the tip. 



