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TURDUS MUSICUS.

Syst. Nat.-292.

SONG THRUSH, OR THROSTLE.

PLATE V.

THE bill is an inch long, the upper mandible of a dusky colour, the lower yellow. The mouth within yellow, between the bill and eyes is a pale coloured spot, and between that and the throat a dark one. The eyes are brown, large, very bright, and piercing.

The crown of the head, the back, and whole upper side, are of a pleasing olive colour, inclining to yellow, about the lower part of the back, but more dusky about the head.

In the wings are eighteen quill feathers of a dusky olive colour, with pale coloured edges. The first and second covert feathers have white tips, the feathers under the wings are a kind of pale flame colour.

The whole underside of the bird, from bill to tail, is white, with only a faint dash of olive colour on the sides of the breast; and the throat, breast, and belly, elegantly spotted with black spots of various figures, as in the last species.

The tail consists of twelve equal feathers of a dark olive colour. The legs and feet are of a light horn colour, the toes long and slender, and the claws black.

The throstle feeds on insects and berries, and is fond of the different kinds of bilberries. The figures are of the cranberry* in flower, and with fruit.

This bird is little more than half the size of the missel thrush, but in other respects resembles it very closely, both in its appearance and habits.

* Vaccinium oxycoccus.

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