British Birds in Their Haunts

by C. A. Johns

SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE GENERA OF BIRDS

(Numbered in accordance with the Plates and Descriptions in this Volume.)

ORDER PASSERES
(PERCHING BIRDS)

Bill various; feet adapted for perching on trees or on the ground (not for grasping, wading, or swimming); toes four, all in the same plane, three before and one behind; claws slender, curved, and acute. Food, various; that of the nestlings, perhaps in all instances, soft insects.

FAMILY TURDIDÆ
(Thrushes)

Bill as long as the head, compressed at the sides; upper mandible arched to the tip, which is not abruptly hooked, notch well marked, but not accompanied by a tooth; gape furnished with bristles; feet long, with curved claws. Food—insects, snails and fruits.

SUB-FAMILY TURDIDÆ

Young in first plumage differ from adults in having the upper and under parts spotted.