THE EUROPEAN DIPPER. 
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We have no doubt that the Penrith Ousel of 
Dr Latham, and Colonel Montague’s varieties 
mentioned in the appendix to his supplement, 
are birds in the first plumage, perhaps of a late 
brood. 
MERULINjE, or THRUSHES. 
The next sub-family, the Merulinoe, will com- 
prise all the more typical forms of the group itself, 
but in our Fauna we possess an example of one 
only, that of the true Thrushes, comprising the 
genus Merula of Ray, of which we now add the 
characters. 
Merula. — Willughby, Ray. — Generic Charac- 
ters Bill slightly bending to the tip, dis- 
tinctly notched ; rictus furnished with weak 
bristles ; wings lengthened, first quill spu- 
rious, third longest ; tail moderate ; feet 
formed for walking as well as perching. M. 
viscivorus , vulgaris , &c. 
Note . — Cosmopolite ; breed on trees or bushes ; 
many species migratory and gregarious ; 
voice often melodious. 
