Eugene P (II)
BICKNELL.
THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS, ETC.
The RED-WINGED THRUSH (760. Turdus iliacus), a European species, is of accidental occurrence in Greenland. 761. Merula migratoria (Linn.). AMERICAN ROBIN. (See Fig. 59, a.) Ad. 8. -Top and sides of the head black, a white spot above the eye; rest of the upper parts grayish slate-color; margins of wings slightly lighter; tail black, the outer feathers with white spots at their tips; throat white, spotted with black; rest of the under parts rufous (tipped with white in the fall), becoming white on the middle of the lower belly. Ad. q. - Similar, but back of head tipped with grayish; back, tail, and under parts lighter. Young in nestling plumage.-Back and under parts spotted with black. L., 10.00; W., 4.96; T., 3.87; B., 84.