TURD US VISCIVOROUS. 



MISSEL THRUSH. 



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Generic Character. 



Bill ftraight, the upper mandible (lightly curves towards 

 the point, and in fome fpecies has a notch near the 

 tip. 



Mouth furniflied at the fides with a number of ftiffim 



briftles. 

 Tongue jagged at the tip. 

 Noftrils naked. 



Toes three forward, one backward, the middle one con- 

 nected to the outer as far as the firft joint. 



Synonyms. 



Turdus viscivorous. Lin. Syft. i. p. 291. 1. Ind. 



Qm. 1. p. 326. i. 

 Missel Thrush. Br. Zool. 1. 135. Ib. fol. 90. tab. 



P*fig- 1. Lath. Syn. 3. p. 16. 



1. Mont. Orn. Dial. Vol. 2. 



Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt. 1. p, , 



124. 



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JL HE length of this fpecies is eleven inches, and its breadth 

 near eighteen; it weighs about five ounces; bill three fourths 

 of an inch long, upper mandible notched near the point ; irides 

 hazel ; legs and claws ftrong, the latter very marp. The 

 female is rather larger, but correfponds in colour with the 

 male except being fomewhat duller, 



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