History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

64 BIRDS. PASSERES. Bombycilla.The length nearly inches. The inside of the mouth is yellow. Plumagebeneath, dull white; the shafts of the breast feathers, dusky. Builds in orchards,or in outbuildings. Nest of moss. Eggs five, bluish white, withrusty spots—It is, in a great measure, mute, and familiar. It disappears inSeptember.Gen. XXIV. BOMBYCILLA, (Brisson). Chattereb.—Bill rounded; the base and nostrils covered with hairs.The first and second quill-feathers the longest43. B. Garrula. Bohemian Chatterer.— Shafts of the secondaryquill-feathers enlarged at the end into a thin red hornyprocess.GaiTulus Bohemicus, Will. Orn. 90 Ampelis—Gar. Linn. Syst.Waxen i. 297- Chatterer, Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 314 Bombycivora Gar., Temm.i. 124— W, Sidangynffon —Winter visitant.Length 8 inches. Bill and toes black. Irides vermilion red. Feathers ofthe head forming a produced tuft. Plumage reddish ash. A band over theeyes and the throat black. Quills black, terminating with a triangular patchof yellow and white ;8 or 9 of the secondaries with the red tips. Tail black,tipped with yellow the inner covers chesnut. In the ; female, the black of thethroat is less, and the extremities of only four or five of the secondaries areproduced. Said to nestle in holes in rocks. Young destitute of the enlargementof the shaft of the secondaries. Feeds on insects and bei'ries.This species visits Scotland and England in the winter season ; but its motionsare irregular, being in some seasons very abundant, in others rare.Gen. XXV. TURDU8. Thrush.—Base of the bill withsingle stiff hairs. Nostrils in part covered with a nakedmembrane. Food, berries, insects, and snails.a. Ground colour of the plumage, brown and spotted.44. T. viscivorus. Missel-Thrush.— Space between the eyeand bill, grey.Secondaries and wing-covers edged with white.Tail dusky the three outer feathers ;greyish-whiteat the ends.Will. Orn. 137. Sibb. Scot. 17- Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 301. Temm. Orn. i.101— E, Throstle Cock, Shrite, Holm Thrush, Misselto Thrush;S, Shreitch ; W, Tresglen, Pen y Llwyn,—Resident near woods.Length 11, bi - eadth 18 inches ; weight 5 ounces. Bill dusky; yellowish atthe base of the lower mandible. Legs yellowish. Plumage above, hairbrown; beneath yellowish-white, with triangularor rounded spots of dusky.The plumage in the female is more rufous beneath. Builds its nest in oldtrees, of lichens, lined with wool. Eggs four to six in number, of a Hesh-colour,marked with deep and light rust-coloured spots. This bird varies considerablyin plumage, especially in the proportion of white and red colours.45. T. musicus. Common Thrush.— Space between the billand the eye yellow;under the wing yellowish.T. simpliciter dictus, Will. Orn. 138. Sibb. Scot. 17— Throstle, Penn.Brit. Zool. i. 306 Turdus musicus, Temm. Orn. 11C4— S, Mavis;JP» Aderyn bronfraitb G, Smcorach—Resident in woods and ;gardens.