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MISSEL THRUSH. 

 (Turdus viscivorus.) 



Tu. supra griseo^fuscus, suhtus albo-Jlavicans macuUs nigricayitibus 



varius, rectricibus tribus extimis alho termmatis. 

 Thrush above grey brown ; beneath whitish yellow, varied with 



dusky spots; the three outer tail-feathers tipped with white. 

 Turdus viscivorus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 2gi.—Lin, Faun. Suee, 



2l6,—Gmel, Si/st, Nat. 1.S06. —Lath, Ind. Orn. 1. 326. 1 — 



Turt. Brit. Faun. 1. 35. 60. 

 Turdus major. Briss. 2. 200. 1. 



Le Draine. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 295. t. ig.f. l.-^Buff. Pi 

 Ejil. 489. 



Missel Thrush. Fen. Brit. Zool. 1. 105. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 

 2, 341. B. — Albin. l. 33. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. l6. 1. — Levoin. 

 Brit. Birds. 2. 57. — Bemck.B/it. Birds. 1. gd.^Mont. Brit. 

 Birds. 2. — Mont. Supp. 



This is one of the largest of the genus, and 

 weighs near five ounces: its length is eleven 

 inches : its beak is dusky: the base of the lower 

 mandible yellowish : irides hazel : the plumage on 

 the upper parts of the body light brown, v/itli a 

 tinge of rufous on the rump : quills brown, with 

 pale edges : the lower wing- coverts tipped with 

 white: sides of the head and throat yellowish 

 white, spotted with brown; from thence to the 

 vent white, with dusky spots : those of the breast 

 triangular in shape, and of the belly and sides 

 roundish: tail similar to the quills, the three or 

 four outer feathers with white tips, and the inner 

 web of the exterior one nearly white: legs in- 

 clining to yellow: claws black: the sexes very 

 much resemble each other; but the colours of 



