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FIELDFARE THRUSH. 



\ (Turdus pilaris.) 



Tu. Jusco-rtifescens, subtus nigricante mrius, rectricibus nigrisy 

 extime margine interiore apice albicantibus^ capite uropj^gioque 

 cano. 



Brown-red Thrush, beneath varied with dusk}^, with the tail- 

 feathers black, the outer one with the interior edge whitish 

 at the tip ; head and rump hoary. 



Turdus pilaris. Lin, Syst, Nat. 1. 291. 2. — Lin. Faun. Suec. 

 215. — GmeL Syst. Nat. I. 8O7. — Briss. 2. 214. 5.—Turt. Brit. 

 Faun. 1. 35. 64. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 330. 11. 



La Litorne, ou Tourdelle. Buff, Hist. Nat, Ois, 3. 301. — Btif. 

 PI. Enl. 490. 



Turdus pilaris naevius. Briss, 2. 218. b. (var.) 



Turdus pilaris leucocephalus. Briss. 2. 217. A, (var.) 



Fieldfare, Feldefare, or Feltifer. Pen. Brit, Zool. 1. 100.— 

 Pen. Arct. Zool, 2. 340. A. — Albin, Birds, 1. 36. — Lemn, 

 Brit, Birds, 2. 60. — BeidcJc, Brit, Birds. 1. 98.— Mow^. Brit, 

 Birds, 1. 



Rather less than the Missel Thrush: weight 

 about four ounces : length ten inches : beak yel- 

 lowish, with the tip black : irides hazel : head and 

 hind part of the neck ash-colour, the former spotted 

 with black : the upper parts of the body and lesser 

 wing-coverts chesnut brown : quills dusky brown, 

 with pale margins : rump cinereous : the fore-part 

 of the neck, breast, and sides yellowish, streaked 

 with dusky : throat, belly, and vent white : tail 

 dusky black, the interior feathers varied with 

 cinereous : legs black. Brisson describes two 



