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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE THROSTLE. 
THRUSH OR MAVIS. 
¥ urdus MuficuSy Lin . — La Grive, Buff.) 
This is larger than the Redwing, but much lefs 
than the Miffel, to which it bears a ftrong refem- 
blance both in form and colours ; a fmall notch is 
obfervable at the end of the bill, which belongs to 
this and every bird of the Thrufh kind ; the throat 
is white, and the fpots on the bread; more regularly 
formed than thofe of the Miffel Thrufh, being of a 
conical fhape ; the infide of the wings and the 
mouth are yellow, as are alfo the legs ; the claws 
are ftrong and black.— -The Throftle is diftinguifh- 
ed among our finging birds by the clearnefs and 
fullnefs of its note ; it charms us not only with 
the fweetnefs, but variety of its fong, which begins 
