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fish, after which it darts into the water with great force, seizes them, 

 and instantly returns ; for though it is web-footed, it is never seen to 

 swim or dive. It is commonly known by the name of sea swallow, 

 from its actions on wing- being similar to that bird. On the south coast 

 of Devonshire it is called gull-teazer, as it is frequently seen to pursue 

 and persecute the lesser gulls till they disgorge, which it dexterously 

 catches before it reaches the water. Whether this property is common 

 to the other species we have not been able to ascertain ; but in general 

 their manners and habits are very similar ; none of which have ever 

 been observed to settle on the water. This is sometimes, on its first 

 arrival, found skimming over fresh-water rivers and lakes for a few 

 days ; but we do not find that they breed in such places in England. 

 It is found in most of the northern parts of Europe during the breed- 

 ing season, even as far as Greenland and Spitzbergen, as well as North 

 America, where in New England it is called mackarel gull ; and at 

 Hudson's Bay is known by the name of black-head. Mr. Pennant 

 calls it the greater tern. The young birds are mottled with brown and 

 white. 



TETRAO (Linn^us.) — *Grous, a genus thus characterised. Bill 

 short and strong, the upper mandible convex, and arched from the base 

 to the tip ; nostrils at the sides of the base partly closed by a small 

 arched scale, and hidden from view by small closely-set feathers ; eye- 

 brows naked, and adorned with a red papillose and fringed skin ; wings 

 short, the first quill being much inferior in length to the second, which 

 is shorter than the third and fourth ; tail of sixteen or eighteen 

 feathers ; legs, with the feet having three toes before united as far as 

 the first joint, and one toe behind short, the edges of all of them fringed 

 or furnished with rough prominences ; shanks feathered to the toes, 

 and in some species to the claws. * 



TETRAONID.E (Leach.)— * Grons, a family of birds which 

 scratch in the ground for their food (Rasores, Illiger.)* 



THICK-KNEED BUSTARD.— A name for the Stone Curlew. 



THISTLE FINCH.— A name for the Goldfinch. 



THROSTLE COCK.— A name for the Thrush. 



THRUSH (Turdus musicus, Linn^us.) 



*Turdus musicus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 292. 2.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 809 Lath. ImL 



Orn. 1. p. 327. Rait, Syn. p. 64. A. 2.— Will. p. 138. 37 Turdus minor, 



Briss. 2. p. 205. 2.— La Grive, Buff. Ois. 3. p. 280.— lb. pi. Enl. 406.— 



Merle Grive, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 164 Sing-Drossel, Bechst. Naturg. 



Deut. 3. p. 349.— Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 195 — Frisch, Vog. t. 27. f. 1. 

 Throstle, or Song Thrush, Br. Zool. 1. No. 107.— Arct. Zool. 2. p. 342.— Albin, 



I. t. 34 Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 58.— Lath. Syn. 3. p. 18. 2.— Ib. Supp. p. 



139 Mont. Orn. Diet. — Wale. Syn. 2. t. 198 — Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 10.— 



