. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ISCIVORUS. The flesh of this species aiFords good eating, being similarto that of the Fieldfare, but tougher and generally leaner thanthat of the Blackbird. Young.—The young when fledged are much more beauti-fully coloured than the old birds. Their bill is flesh-coloured,with the upper mandible dusky ; the feet also flesh-coloured,with the claw
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ISCIVORUS. The flesh of this species aiFords good eating, being similarto that of the Fieldfare, but tougher and generally leaner thanthat of the Blackbird. Young.—The young when fledged are much more beauti-fully coloured than the old birds. Their bill is flesh-coloured,with the upper mandible dusky ; the feet also flesh-coloured,with the claws brownish. The general colour of the upperparts is pale yellowish-brown ; the feathers of the head witha whitish spot in the centre, those of the back with an oblongcentral mark of greyish-yellow, the tip dark-brown. Thequills and tail-feathers are wood-brown, margined with greyish-yellow. The lower parts are pale-yellow, each feather witha triangular brownish-black mark on the tip. Progress toward Maturity.—At the first moult, which iscompleted by the end of November, the bird assumes the ap-pearance described as that of the adult. 127 TURDUS MUSICUS. THE SONG THRUSH, ORMAVIS. THRUSH. COMMON THRUSH. GARDEN THRUSH. Fio. 132. Turdus musicus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 292, Turdus musicus. Lath. Ind. Om, L 327. Throstle. Mont. Orn. Diet. Merle Grive. Turdus Musicus. Temm. Man. dOrn. 1. 164. Song-Thrush. Merula Musica. Selb. lUustr. I. 162. Turdus musicus. Song-Thrush. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 100. Upper parts yelloivish-brown, the head tinged with red ; se-condary coverts and first rota of small coverts tipped with red-dish yellow ; fore part of neck and breast yellowish, each featherterminated by a triangular brownish-Uach spot; lower wing-coverts reddish-yellow. Male.—This generally distributed, familiarly known, andmuch admired songster, exhibits no remarkable peculiarity ofform, its proportions being nearly the same as those of theMissel Thrush, which g
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