TURDUS VISCIVOROUS. 
MISSEL THRUSH. 
Generic Character, 
Bill ftraight, the upper mandible (lightly curves towards 
the point, and in fome fpecies has a notch near the 
tip. 
Mouth furnifhed at the fides with a number of ftiffifl?, 
briftles. 
Tongue jagged at the tip. 
Noftrils naked. 
Toes three forward, one backward, the middle one con- 
- ne6led to the outer as far as the firft joint. 
Synonyms, 
TuRDUs VISCIVOROUS. Liu. Syft, i. p. 291. 1. Ind. 
Orn. 1. p, 326, 1. 
Missel Thrush. Br, Zool. 1. 135. lb, foL 90. tab, 
P»fig' 1. Lath. Syn. 3. />. 16. 
1. Mont. Orn. Dicf, VoL 2. 
Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt, 1 , p* 
124. 
jTh E length of this fpecies is eleven inches, and its breadth 
near eighteen ; it weighs about five ounces ; bill three fourths 
of an inch long, upper mandible notched near the point ; irides 
hazel ; legs and claws ftrong, the latter very fharp. The 
female is rather larger, but correfponds in colour with the 
male except being fomewhat duller. 
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