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64, Turdus viscivorus. Missel Thrush, or Shrite. 
Upper parts light brown, tinged with grey, the fore part of 
the head greyish, the rump shaded with ochre-yellow ; seconr 
dary coverts and tail-feathers tipped with greyish-white, a 
cream-coloured band from the base of the bill over the eye, the 
loral space greyish- white ; the lower parts yellowish-white, 
each feather tipped with a black spot ; the spots on the neck 
triangular, those on the breast larger and transversely oblong ; 
the lower wing-coverts and axillar feathers white. 
Male, Hi, 19i, 6i, if, if, Female, 11, 19. 
Permanently resident ; but flocks arrive in October and 
depart early in May. Common in England, Scotland, and 
Ireland. Gregarious in winter, feeding in the open fields, on 
worms, larvse, and seeds. Nestles in bushes or on trees ; the 
nest bulky, plastered internally with mud, and lined with 
roots, grass, and moss ; the eggs, four or five, an inch and 
three- twelfths long, ten-twelfths in breadth, flesh-coloured or 
purplish-white, with scattered spots of light brownish-red and 
pale purplish-red. Its song resembles that of the Blackbird, 
but its notes are less mellow and modulated. 
Mistle Thrush. Grey Thrush. Holm Thrush. Screech 
Thrush. Storm-cock. 
Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 291. — Turdus visci- 
vorus, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 161. — Turdus viscivorus. Mis- 
sel Thrush, or Shrite, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 114. 
65. Turdus musicus. Song Thrush, or Mavis. 
Upper parts yellowish-brown, the head tinged with red ; 
secondary coverts and first row of small coverts tipped with 
reddish-yellow ; fore part of neck and breast yellowish, each 
feather terminated by a triangular brownish-black spot ; lower 
wing-coverts reddish-yellow. Young with the feathers of the 
back and wings streaked and tipped with ochre-yellow. 
Male, 9, 14, 1|, if, ^ Female, 8^, 12. 
Generally distributed in Britain and Ireland, occurring 
I even in the bare northern isles, as well as in the wooded and 
I cultivated parts. It is permanently resident ; feeds on worms, 
insects, snails, and berries ; becomes somewhat gregarious in 
I winter. The song of this species surpasses that of the other 
I British Thrushes. Its nest is lined with cow-dung, or parti- 
I cles of decayed wood, or mud, without any covering. The 
eggs, generally five, are bright bluish-green, with scattered 
I roundish spots of brownish-black ; their length about an inch, 
their breadth nine-twelfths. 
