TURDINiE. TURDUS. 
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Thrush. Throstle. Mavis. | 
Turdus musicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 292. — Turdus musicus; j 
Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 164. — Turdus musicus, Song Thrush, 
or Mavis, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 127. 
66. Turdus iliacus. Bed-sided Thrush, or Bedwinq. | 
Upper parts deep hair-brown, inclining to olive ; a blackish- 
brown spot before the eye, a large whitish band over it ; secon- 
dary coverts tipped with greyish-white ; fore part of neck and 
breast white, with longitudinal streaks of blackish-brown and 
pale brown ; middle of the sides and lower wing-coverts light 
red. ' 
Male, 8^, 14, 4^, Ij^^ Female, 8^, 13^. 
Arrives from the north in the end of October, and departs i 
in the beginning of May. Gregarious, frequenting the open ! 
fields, where it feeds on worms and larvse ; and during snow, ! 
betakes itself to the hedges and thickets, to eat the hawthorn j 
and holly berries. It roosts on trees, flies with rapidity, and | 
is generally shy and vigilant. ! 
Wind Thrush. Swinepipe. 
Turdus iliacus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 292. — Turdus iliacus, , 
Temm. Man. d’Ornith. i. 165.— Turdus iliacus. Bed-sided j 
Thrush, or Bedwing, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 141. 
67. Turdus varius. Variegated Thrush. 
Bill large ; wings of moderate length, with the second and 
sixth quills equal, the fourth longest, but the third and fifth j 
scarcely shorter ; tail even ; upper parts yellowish-brown, 
lighter behind, lunulated with brownish-black ; loral space and 
throat white ; sides and lower fore part of the neck, breast, 
and sides of the body yellowish- white, lunulated with brown- i 
ish-black. | 
Adult, 10;f, . ., 5y®2, lyV; O; fV* ^ ^ ; 
The bill of this species being a little larger, and its wings 
a little shorter than those of some others, it has been proposed 
to separate it generically under the name of Oreocincla, or i 
Mountain Thrush. It was found by Dr Horsfield in the fo- | 
rests of a mountain in Java, and is said to occur in various 
parts of India, Japan, and Australia. Mr Yarrell states, that 
a specimen shot in the New Forest, Hampshire, appears to be 
identical with Dr Horsfield’s Turdus varius^ and his descrip- | 
tion agrees in all essential respects. Why, then, does he name i 
this Hampshire bird Turdus Whitei ? Another Thrush, shot 
by the Earl of Malmesbury, at Heron Court, near Christ- 
