. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . own, but lighter again lowerdown. Back, reddish brown, varying considerably in differentindividuals, some being much more red, and others moregrey. The wings, of eighteen quills, have the first quill feathervery short, the second equal in length to the fiflh, the thirdthe longest, the fourth almost as long. They extend to thewidth of ten inches and a half; primarif^s, secondaries, andtertiaricB, reddish brown, the inner webs dusky brown. The 88 inaHTINGALE. tail, which reaches an inch and a quarter heyond the closedwings, is rufous brow
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . own, but lighter again lowerdown. Back, reddish brown, varying considerably in differentindividuals, some being much more red, and others moregrey. The wings, of eighteen quills, have the first quill feathervery short, the second equal in length to the fiflh, the thirdthe longest, the fourth almost as long. They extend to thewidth of ten inches and a half; primarif^s, secondaries, andtertiaricB, reddish brown, the inner webs dusky brown. The 88 inaHTINGALE. tail, which reaches an inch and a quarter heyond the closedwings, is rufous brown, and rather rounded at the end. Itis straight* and rather long, the feathers rather broad; undertail coverts, dull yellowish white. Legs, toes, and claws, palegreyish brown. The female resembles the male, but is rather less in , six inches and a half; throat, not so white as inthe male. The wings expand to ten inches in width. The young have the feathers on the breast with darkmargins, and the back spotted with reddish jellow or 89 THRUSH NIGHTINGALE. Sr/h a Turdoidea^ ? IeybR, riulomela TurdoideSy Blyth. Gould, St/Ivia. Sylva—A wooa. Turdoides. J urdus—A Thrush. Eidos—TliQ iorm, figure, or iikeuess of a thing. This species occurs throughout Silesia, Bohemia, Pomerania,Franconia, and other parts of Germany; and is plentiful alsoin Hungary, Austria, and Poland, but more rare m France. Mr. Gould says that it is generally found in woods situatedon the tops of hills, and also in plains, particularly those ijithe neisfhbourhood of runnino; streams. One of these birds, a male, was captured near the villageof SsvalweH, three or four miles west of Newcastle, *the New-castle that is upon Tyne, by Mr. Thomas Eobson, of theformer place. Another is recorded by Mr. Edward Newmanin the Zoologist, page 3i76, as having been shot nearDartford, in Kent, on the 8th. of May, 1852. Mr. JohnHancock procured the eorg of another from Northamptonshire;and N. Rowe, Esq.,
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