. A history of British birds . rm brownish-black ; the feathers of the bodyedged with blackish-grey; the external margins of all thewing-feathers grey, but this lighter colour is broadest onthe edges of the tertials; the chin, throat, breast, bellyand lower tail-coverts are of the same colour as the upperparts, but across the chest there is a broad crescentic bandof pure white : the legs, toes and claws, brownish-black. The length is about eleven inches. The wing, from thecarpal joint to the end of the longest primary, five inchesand a half; the second primary equal to the fifth : the thirdand
. A history of British birds . rm brownish-black ; the feathers of the bodyedged with blackish-grey; the external margins of all thewing-feathers grey, but this lighter colour is broadest onthe edges of the tertials; the chin, throat, breast, bellyand lower tail-coverts are of the same colour as the upperparts, but across the chest there is a broad crescentic bandof pure white : the legs, toes and claws, brownish-black. The length is about eleven inches. The wing, from thecarpal joint to the end of the longest primary, five inchesand a half; the second primary equal to the fifth : the thirdand fourth also equal, and the longest. The female is rather lighter in colour than the adultmale, and the grey margins of the feathers are broader; theband across the chest is narrower; the white is less pure,and clouded with reddish-brown and grey. Young males resemble the adult female, but have thefeathers of the back with lighter margins, and in youngfemales the pectoral gorget is scarcely perceptible. 292 PASSE RES. TURDIDJu. MONTICOLA SAXATILIS (LiunfBUS*). THE ROCK-THRUSH. Petroclncla saxatiUs. MoNTicoLA, F. Boicf.— Bill stout, straight, the ridge arched towards the])oint. Nostrils basal, round, partly covered with hairs. Wings moderate; thefirst quill very short, the second a little shorter than the third, which is of moderate size, stout. Tail short and even. The specimen of the Rock-Thrush figured above, was ob-tained on the 19th of May, 1843, by Mr, Joseph Trigg, whoshot it at Therfield in Hertfordshire, while it was sittingon an ash-tree. I saw it before it was skinned by Mr. JohnNorman of Royston, and received the first notice of the occur-rence from my friend Mr. Thomas Wortham, whose influence • Turdus saxatiUs, Liuniuus, Syst. Nat. Ed. \2, i. p. 294 (1706).t Isis, 3 822, p. 552. KOCK-THUUSH. 293 with Mr. Trigg obtained for me the loan of the bird for myuse in this work, and I have to return my thanks to allconcerned, for the opportunity of thus fig
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