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CCXVII. 



TURDUS MERULA. 

 BLACKBIRD. 



Passeres. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftraightifh : the upper mandible a little bending and notched 

 near the point : noitrils naked, or half covered with a fmall mem- 

 brane : mouth ciliated with a few briftles at the corners : tongue 

 jagged. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNO NYMS. 

 Black, bill and eye-lids yellow. 



TURDUS MERULA : ater, roftro palpebrifque fulvis. Linn, Fn> 

 Suec.220. — GmeL Linn. Syft. Nat. 831. 22.—- 

 Mull. Zool. n. 2Q. 241. 



Merula. Bell.Av. SO. b.—Gefn. Av.QOS.—Aldr. Om.Z.p. 602, 

 t. 604. 605.—Bri(/: Av. 2. p. 227. t. 10. 



Merle. Olin. ucc. p. 29. 



Merle. Buff. Hiji. Nat. des Oif. 3. p. 330. t. 20.— PL Enl. n.b55. 

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