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SOLITARY THRUSH. 

 ' (Tardus solitarius.) 



Tu,Juscus albido-punciatus, genis cullo pectore alisque ccEruleo- 



adumbratiSf rectricibus nigricantibus. 

 Brown Thrush, spotted with white; with the cheeks, neck, 



breast, and wings, tinged with blue ; and the tail-feathers 



dusky. 



Turdus solitarius. G77iel. Syst. Nat. 1. 834. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 345. QU 



Merula solitaria. Briss. 2. 268. 30. 



Le Merle solitaire. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 358. 



Solitary Thrush. Lath. Gen. Syn, 3. 52. 54. 



The Solitary Thrush is much smaller than the 

 Blackbird, and is in length between eight and 

 nine inches : the mafe-ias a brown beak : the 

 irides orange : the prevailing colour of his plum- 

 age brown, varied with small whitish spots : the 

 sides of the head, throat, neck, breast, and upper 

 wing-coverts, tinged with blue : quills plain brown : 

 rump and under tail-coverts the same : the tail 

 dusky : legs brown : the female has not the 

 slightest tinge of blue on her plumage, and the 

 spots are more yellow than in the male, especially 

 on the breast, where they are most numerous. 



Montagu has very erroneously supposed the 

 Starling in its first year's plumage to be this bird, 

 and as such has figured it in his Supplement, and 

 introduced this species of Thrush into the British 

 Fauna, whereas it is perfectly unknown in these 

 parts, being only found in the south of Europe : 



