ROOK THRUSH. 69
Esq. has forwarded me drawings of two specimens, believed to be of
this species, and J. It. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College,
Oxford, an egg.
Male; length, seven inches and a half; bill, black; iris, dark brown.
Head, crown, neck all round, and nape, bluish grey; chin, throat,
and breast, light chesnut brown. Back, on the upper part, bluish
grey, passing into brown on the shoulders; on the remainder principally
white, with a few bluish feathers. Greater wing coverts, dark
brown, almost blackish, tipped with white; lesser wing coverts, also
dark brown, nearly blackish brown. Tail, chesnut brown, the two
central ones rather darker than the others; upper tail coverts, dark
brown; under tail coverts, light chesnut brown. Legs and toes, dark
reddish brown.
Female; head and crown, dull brown; neck on the back, dull brown,
on the sides pure white; nape, dull brown; some of all these brown
feathers are occasionally varied with ash-coloured brown. Chin, throat,
and breast, reddish white, with five transverse lines at the end of
each feather; back, brown, with some large wThite spots. Tail, light
chesnut brown, the two middle feathers ash-coloured brown.
Young; head, crown, neck on the back, and nape, light ash-coloured
brown, each feather terminated with a spot of greyish white. Chin,
throat, and breast, reddish white, much varied with the latter colour,
which is again intersected with brown lines. Back, light ash-coloured
brown, the feathers terminated with a spot of greyish white. Greater
and lesser wing coverts, edged with grey and tipped with white;
primaries and secondaries, tipped with white. Tail, red, tipped with
white.
For the description of this bird I am indebted to Mr. YarrelVs
work.