SONG THRUSH. 
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feather marked on the tip with broad triangular 
spots of umber brown. The centre of the belly, 
and vent, and under tail coverts, are pure white, 
marked with the same dark spots, which become 
more scarce in the middle, and of less size and 
more oval form. The flanks are tinted with buff 
orange and pale hair brown, and have the spots 
lengthened and in the form of dashes. The under 
wing coverts, and base of the inner webs of the 
quills, are rich buff orange, and are marked dis- 
tinctions between this and the last species. There 
is comparatively little difference between the 
sexes ; a general dulness of the tints, and a want 
of clearness in the orange and spotting of the 
breast, is often all that is observable. Length, 
about nine inches. 
THE BLACKBIRD. 
Merula vulgaris Ray. 
PLATE III. 
Merula vulgaris, Rag Turdus merula, Linn Le Merle, 
et Merle Noir, Buff, and Temm Blackbird of British 
authors. 
With the Song Thrush we concluded the list 
of our British species possessed of plumage gene- 
rally brown above, and spotted on the under 
parts, that of the two remaining birds being of 
deeper colours more uniformly disposed. The 
Blackbird is equally well known, as widely dis- 
tributed, and almost as great a favourite as the 
