TURDUS MUSICUS. 
SONG THRUSH, 
Generic Character. See Turdm Viscivorus. 
TuRDUs Musicus ; corpore supra griseo-fuscus, subtus 
albo-rufescens maculis nigricantibus va- 
rius, remigibus basi interiore ferrugineis. 
Song Thrush. Body above, greyish brown ; beneath 
reddish white, with variegated dusky 
spots ; inner base of the quills ferruginous. 
Turdus Musicus. Lin. Sijst. v. 1. p. 292. Gmel. 
Syst. v.\.p. 809. Rail Syn. p. 64. Ind, 
Orn. V. 1. p. 327. 
Turdus Minor. Briss v. 2. p. 205. 
La Grive. Buf. Hist. d'Qis. v. 3. p. 280. Ih. Fl 
Enl. 406. 
Merle Grive. T&mm. Man. d'Orn. ed. 2. p., 164. 
Throstle, or Song Thrush. Br. Zool. Svo. ed. v. 1, 
p. 407. Jrct, ZooL v. 2. p. 342. Alhin. 
t. 34. 11). Song Birds, t. 2. Lewin Br. 
Birds, V. 2. t. 58. Lath. Syn. v. 3. p. 18. 
Ih. Sup. p. 139. Mont. Orn. Diet. 
Bewick's Br. Birds, pt. 1. p. 127. Low 
Fauna Orcadensis, p. 57. Gen, ZooL 
V. 10. p. 174. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. pt. 1. 
This well known bird weighs from three to four ounceSj 
is nearly fifteen inches in breadth, and about nine in length; 
the female is not so bright, and is a trifle less than the male 
bird. 
