equal in length to the third; and both the second and third
longer than the fourth.
The young bird in its first plumage has the whole of the
upper parts dull greyish brown ; the wing-coverts and tertials
tipped with greyish white ; the chin white ; the feathers of the
front of the neck and breast pale buff tipped with brown ;
belly, sides, and vent, grey, with darker lines.
The Penrith Ouzle of Pennant’s British Zoology appears
to be a young bird of the common Dipper in its first year.
According to Mr. Macgillivray, “ the young at the first
autumn moult, which takes place in September, assume nearly
the appearance of the adults : the fore neck becomes white,
the breast dusky, with more or less red, and the head brown;
but it is not until the second change that the colours are
completed.”
The vignette below represents _a nest of the Dipper, for
which I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. D. Salmon of
Thetford, who received it from Yorkshire.
1NSESSORES.
D ENTIROSTR ES
MERULIDÆ.
T H E MISSEL THRUSH.
Turdus viscivorus, Missel Thrush, P en n . Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 401.
,, ■ ,, ,, M ont. Ornith. Diet.
,, ,, „ ,, B ewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 117.
,, ,, ,, ,, F lem. Brit. An. p. 64.
Merula viscivora, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 158.
Turdus viscivorus, ,, ,, J enyns, Brit. Vert. p. 98.
,, ,, ,, ,, G ould, Birds of Europe, pt. i.
,, ,, Merle Draine, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 161.
T uudus. Generic Characters. — Beak of moderate size, straight, convex
above; point of the upper mandible compressed, notched, and slightly curved
downwards; the gape furnished with a few hairs. Nostrils basal, lateral,
oval, partly closed by a naked membrane. Wings with the first feather very
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