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hue; the lower part of the back is tinged with 
yellow ; the lowed order of leffer coverts and the 
great coverts are brown, the firft tipt with white, 
and the hift both tipt and edged with the fame 
colour. The quill-feathers and fecondaries are 
dufky, but the lov/er part of the inner v/ebs is 
white; the inner coverts of the wings are aifo 
-white; and the tail is brown, the three extreme 
feathers tipt with white. The cheeks and throat 
are mottled with brown and white; the breaft and 
belly are of a whitifli yellow hue, marked with 
large fj^ots of black; and the legs are yellow. 
The Tiirufh builds it's nefbin fome bufh, orin 
the fide of a tree; and lays four or five eggs. It's 
note of danger or terror is harlh and diffonant; 
but it's fong is very melodious. It begins fing- 
ing very early in the fpring, often v/ith the new 
year, in blowing, fhowery weather; whence the 
inhabitants of Hampfhire call it the ftorm-cock. 
This bird feeds on infeils, ho]ly, and mifTeltoe- 
berries, which are the food of all the Thrufli kind. 
During fevere fnowy weather, when there is a fai- 
lure of their ufual diet, they are obferved to fcratch 
out of the banks of hedges the root of arum, or 
the cuckow pint ; a plant remarkably warm and 
pungent, and well adapted for the feafon. 
The Thrufh migrates into Burgundy in the 
months of Oftober and November; in Great Bri- 
tain it continues the whole year. 
The ancients were of opinion that the mifTeltoe 
could not be propagated but by the berries which 
had pafled through the body of this bird; and 
hence the proverb — Turdus malum fibi cacat. 
Thrush, Golden-Crowned, of Edwards; 
the Motacilla Canadenfis of Linnsus. The bill 
of this bird is of a duflcy hue, except at the bafe 
of the lower chap, which is flefli- coloured; the top 
of the head is of a fine golden colour; and over 
each eye there is a black line. The hinder part 
of the neck, the back, the wings, and the tail, are 
of a greenifh brown or olive colour; but the inner 
coverts of the wings are whitifh. The infide of 
the quills, and the under fide of the tail, are of an 
afh-colour; and the throat, breaft, and fides, are 
white, with longifh black foots down the centre of 
the feathers. The middle of the belly, thighs, 
and coverts under the tail, are white; and the 
legs and feet are of a yellowifli brown colour. 
This bird builds it's neft on the f>-round, al- 
ways chufing the fouth fide of fome hill; fonns 
it's habitation after the fimilitude of a fmall oven, 
lining it with dry grafs; and lays five white eggs 
ipotted with brown. 
Thrush, Little, of Edwards. This fpecies, 
which weighs about an ounce and a half, remains 
in Carolina the whole year; but is feen only in 
the thickeft woods and fwamps. It feeds on 
holly-berries and haws; and is of a brown colour, 
except the neck and breaft, which are ftreaked 
with white. 
Thrush, Golden, of Edwards; the Oriolus 
Galbula of l^innseus. This is a bird of paflage; 
and during fummer is found in the fouthern parts 
of Europe. The bill and circles round the eves 
are red; but the head, neck, body, thighs, and 
tpper and under covert-feathers of the tail, are 
of a fine yellow colour. The upper fides of the 
wings are black, except the quills and baftard 
wings, which are tipt with yellow; the inner co- 
verts of the wings are yellow; and the quills are 
dufky within. The middle feathers of the tail are 
black ; and the fide ones, above half way, have 
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fine golden-coloured tips. The legs and feet are 
of a dufky black colour. 
Thrush, Buown Indian, of Edwards; the 
Turdus Canorus of that natural ift. The bill of this 
fpecies is yellow; the head, whole upper fide,- 
neck, back, wings, rump, and tail, are of a dufky 
brown hue; but the breaft, belly, thighs, and co- 
verts beneath the tail, are of a lightifh brown^ 
gradually mixing with a darker fhade on the fides 
of the neck and upper part of the breaft. The 
feathers of the wings have their edges fomewhat 
lighter than their middles; the middle feathers of 
the tail are an inch longer than thofe of the out-'^ 
fide; and the legs, toes, and claws, are yellow. 
This bird is a native of Bengal, in the Eaft In- 
dies. 
THURSIO. A fifti mentioned by Pliny; 
fuppofed by fome to be the phocasna, or porptlTe ; 
and by others the fturgeon. 
THURUS. An animal defcribed by Gefner 
and others as a diftin(ft fpecies of wild bull; but 
the accounts tranfinitted to us feem to be either 
fabulous, or falfcly appropriated. 
THWAITE. See Shad. 
THYMALLUS. An appellation by whicii 
fome exprefs the grayling. 
TIBICEN. A fifti of the trigla kind ; called 
by many authors lyra, or the harp-fifli; and in 
fome parts of England the piper. 
The head of this fifh runs out into two broad 
horns, ferrated, or beiet with a fort of teeth, or 
fmall fpines, all along their edges; which confti- 
tutes it's principal diftinftion from the hirundo 
or fwallow-fifii. Above the gill-fins on each, 
fide there is a long and fharp fpine. Tiie fore- 
head is elevated into a fort of eye-brows over the 
eyes; and at the angles of thefe there are fmall 
fhort fpines, which are rough and crooked. The 
whole head is covered with a bony cruft"; the 
jaws are rough like files, but have no diftin(51: 
teeth; and the caudal fin, together with the mid- 
dle of the back, are red. 
This fifh is commonly caught in the Medi- 
terranean ; and fometimes on the Cornifh coafts,* 
See Piper. 
TIBURO. In the LinSia^an fyftem, a fpecies 
of fqualus, with a very broad and heart-fliaped 
head; a native of the American feas. Linnasus 
feems to queftion whether it is not a variety of the 
zygsna or hammer-headed fiiark. 
TICK. In the Linnjcan fyftem, a fpecies of 
acarus, in the aptera order of infefts. It is a iinall, 
difagreeable anim.al, of a livid colour, with a 
blunt and roundifh tail, elevated antenna, a glo- 
bofe ovated form, and full of blood. It inf'efts 
cov/s, jwine, goats, flieep, and dogs. 
TIGEGUACU. a Brazilian bird about the 
fize of a fparrow, with a ridged and triangular 
bill. It has a large blood-red fpot on the top of 
the head; the eyes are of a fine blue colour; the 
legs and feet are yellow; and the body is v/holly 
black. 
TIGER, An animal of the feline kind, in the 
LinnjEan fyftem; having a long tail, and a body 
marked with coloured ftripes. 
This is one of the mioft beautiful of quadru- 
peds. The glofTy fmoothnefs of it's hair, and 
the extreme blacknefs of the ftreaks with which is 
is marked, on a ground of a bright yellow colour, 
ftrike the beholder with a kind of pleafing admi- 
ration, when joined with the idea of fecurity. 
The elegance of it's fliape is equal to the beauty 
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