Turdus. 
BIRDS. PASSEREB. 
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Length 9, breadth li inches; weight 3 ounces. Bill black, yellowish at the 
base ; mouth yellow ; legs yellow ; claws black. Plumage, above, greenish- 
brown ; beneath, reddish-white, with rounded black spots. Ends of the first 
wing-covers yellowish, a character scarcely obvious in the female. Nest in 
hedges and low shrubs, composed of dry grass, plastered on the inside with 
clay. Eggs 5 ; blue, with black spots at the larger end. Subject to vary in 
plumage. 
46. T. iliacus. Redwing Thrush. — Space between the bill 
and eye, black and yellow ; under the wing, red. 
Will. Orn. 139. Sibb. Scot. 17 — Bedwing, Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 307 — 
T. iliacus, Temm. Orn. i. 163 — jE, Swinepipe, Wind Thrush ; JP", Soccen 
yr cira, y dresclen goch — Common winter visitant. Breeds in Harris. 
Length 8, breadth 15 inches ; weight ounces. Bill black, base yellow. 
Mouth yellow ; legs yellow ; the claws black. Plumage, above, greenish- 
brown ; beneath white, with lengthened brownish spots. A white line above 
the eye. In thefemale.) the red under the wings is paler, and the dusky spots 
of the belly more extended. Nest in trees. Eggs six, bluish -green, spotted 
with black. Mr Bullock, in a letter to me, dated 23d April 1819, mentioned 
the circumstance of its breeding in Harris, where he had observed it in the 
preceding summer. 
47. T. pilaris. Fieldfare Thrush. — Space between the bill 
and the eye, black. Tail black ; the outer feather bordered witli 
grey at the end. 
Will. Orn. 138. Sibb. Scot. 17. Penn. Brit. ^ool. i. 304. Temm. Om. i. 
163.— 5', Feltifer ; IF, Caseg y ddryccin ; G, Liatriusg. — Common win- 
ter visitant. 
Length 10, breadth 17 inches ; weight 4 ounces. Bill yeUow ; dusky at the 
end. Legs and feet dusky. Head, neck, and rump, ash-coloured, the first 
with black spots. Back, shoulders, and wing-covers, chesnut. Throat and 
breast, reddish-yellow, with lengthened spots. Belly white. In the female^ 
the head has a brownish tinge. Breeds in the north of Europe, in high trees. 
Eggs 4 to 6, of a sea-green colour, with red dots. 
b. Ground colour of the plumage hlack. 
48. T. Merula. Blackbird. — Plumage uniformly black. 
Merula vulgaris. Will. Orn. 140. Sibb. Scot. 17. Tur. Mer. Penn. Brit. 
Zool. i. 308. Temm. Orn. i. 168; IP, Mwyalch, Aderyn du; G, Lon dubh. 
— Resident near woods and gardens. 
liongth 11 inches ; weight 4 ounces. BiU, inside of the mouth, and tarsus 
of the eye, yellow. Irides and feet black. The fourth feather in the wing 
longest. Female, brownish ; beneath, dirty brownish white, with dusky spots ; 
the bill and feet brownish. Nest like the throstle. Eggs 4 or 6 in number; 
light-blue, with brownish spots. — Young like the female. 
49. T. torquatus. Ring Thrush. — Plumage black, bordered 
with grey ; a semilunar white spot on the breast. 
Merula torq., Will< Orn. 143. Sibb. Scot. 1 7-— Bing ousel, Penn. Brit. 
Zool. i. 310. Temm. Orn. i. 166. — E, Bock or mountain ousel, Mi- 
chaelmas blackbird ; IF, Mwyalchen y graig ; G, Dubh chraige. — A re- 
gular summer visitant. 
Length 104, breadth 16 inches. Bill black. Mouth, gape, and tarsus, yel- 
low. Iris chesnuti The third feather in the wing longest. In the female 
the grey prevails more on the margins of the feathers, and the limits of the 
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