THE TRUE THRUSHES. 
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THE SONG-THRUSH. TURDUS MUSICUS. 
[Plate XXII., Fig. I.) 
Turdus musicus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 292 (1766); Macg., 
Br. B., ii., p. 127 (1S39) ; Dresser, B. Eur., i., p. 191, pi. 2 
(1871)5 Newt. ed. Yarr., i., p. 264 (1872); Seeb., Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus., v., p. 191 (1881) 5 id. Br. B., i„ p. 213 (1883) ; 
B. O. U. List Br. B., p. 1 (1883) ; Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B., 
pt. i. (1885) ; Saunders, Man., p. 3 (1889) ; Wyatt, Br. B. 
pi. i., fig. 1 (1894) 
Adult Male. — General colour above olive-brown ; the lesser 
wing-coverts like the back; median and greater coverts, as 
well as the quills, dark brown, externally ochraceous-brown, 
with yellowish-buff tips to the coverts, distinct on the median 
series, but less marked on the greater coverts ; bastard-wing 
feathers and primary-coverts blackish at the ends ; the primary- 
quills lighter near the base of the outer webs; tail-feathers 
ruddy-brown; head like the back, the eyelid and lores buff; 
ear-coverts ochreous-brown, streaked with buffy-white and 
tipped with black ; cheeks buffy-white, minutely spotted with 
black, which forms a line above and below, the latter indicat- 
ing a moustachial line ; throat white, tinged with golden-buff; 
fore-neck, chest, and sides of body bright golden-buff, thickly 
marked with triangular or ovate spots of black, which become 
larger and more streaked on the sides of the body ; centre of 
breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, the latter with 
olive-brown margins; flanks washed with olive-brown; thighs 
ochraceous-buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries deep orange; 
quills dusky below, ochreous along the inner web ; bill dark 
brown, pale towards the base of the lower mandible ; feet pale 
yellowish horn-colour ; iris brown. 1 otal length, 9 inches ; 
culmen, 0^75 ; wing, 4'S ; tail, 3'2 ; tarsus, i'2. 
Adult Female. — Does not differ in plumage from the male. 
Total length, 8 - s inches ; wing, 4'4- 
Young. — More rufous than the adults, and having the feathers 
of the upper surface and the wing-coverts broadly edged with 
golden-buff : there is a spot of golden-buff on the ear-coverts 
