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SONG-THRUSH. 



especially in the summer, and is vulgarly called 

 the Holm-screech : it is migratory in some places ; 

 and is well known throughout the European con- 

 tinent : in defect of other food, it will eat the roots 

 of plants and ivy berries : it is said to be very good 

 eating. 



SONG-THRUSH. 

 (Turdus musicus.) 



Tu. supra griseo-fuscus, subtus alho mjescens maculis nigricanti' 



hits mrius, remigibiis bast inieriore ferrugineis. 

 Thrush above grey brown, beneath whitish red, varied with 



dusky spots ; the interior base of the quills ferruginous. 

 Turdus musicus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 292. 2. — Lin. Faun. Suec» 



2l7. — Gmel Si/st. Nat. 1. 80g.—Lath. Ind. Orn, 1. 327".-- 



Turt. Brit. Faim. 1. 35. 6I. 

 Turdus nninor. Briss. 2. 205. 2, 



La Grive. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 3. 280.— Buff. PI. Enl. 4o6. 



Throstle, or Song-thrush. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. I07. — Pen.Ard. 

 ZooL 2. 342. C. — Albin. 134. — Leuoin. Brit. Birds. 2. 58. — 

 Mont. Brit. Birds. 2. — Mont. Sup. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 18.2, 

 — Lath. Syn. Sup. 139. — BetvicL Brit. Birds. 1. 100. 



Tnts well known species weighs about three 

 ounceSf, and measures nine inches inlength : itsbeak 

 is dusky, the under mandible yellowish at the base : 

 irides hazel : head, and upper parts of the body, 

 yellowish brown, with a few obscure dusky lines 

 on the former : the throat, neck, and sides, are 

 yellowish : the breast and belly white, the former 

 spotted with dusky : the under wing-coverts dull 



