. A history of British birds. Birds. THE ROCK-THRUSH. 285 and feet black; irides hazel. The female is a speckled brown bird, with a shade of rufous underneath, but the tail is similar to that of the male. After the autumn moult the feathers of both sexes have pale margins, and the white on the back of the male is not so conspicuous. Birds of the year are very similar to the female. The nestling resembles birds of the year, but the spots are larger. The Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola cyanea) has been said to have been once obtained in Ireland. The bird is now preserved in the Museum of the Royal D
. A history of British birds. Birds. THE ROCK-THRUSH. 285 and feet black; irides hazel. The female is a speckled brown bird, with a shade of rufous underneath, but the tail is similar to that of the male. After the autumn moult the feathers of both sexes have pale margins, and the white on the back of the male is not so conspicuous. Birds of the year are very similar to the female. The nestling resembles birds of the year, but the spots are larger. The Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola cyanea) has been said to have been once obtained in Ireland. The bird is now preserved in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and is stated to have been killed in the county of Westmeath, on November 17th, 1866 (see 'Zoologist/ 1870, p. 2019). Although this bird has occurred as a straggler on the island of Heligoland, it is a strictly southern species; and considerable doubt attaches to the example in question, which was examined by Sharpe and Dresser, and pronounced by them to have the appearance of a specimen mounted from a previously prepared skin, and not from a fresh-killed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc. ]
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