turd inæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. turd ( us ); Lat. fem. pl. adj suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: A sub-family of Turdidæ (q. v.), containing Turdus and closely allied genera. The plumage is completely molted in the first autumn before migration, so that the young in their first winter plumage differ very slightly from adults. Bill as long as the head; nostrils open, in small groove; wings with first quills very short; tail long and broad; tarsi long, outer toe longer than inner, united to middle at base, hind toe long and strong. tūr'-dūs, s. [Lat.] Ornith.: The type-genus of Turdidae (q. v.), two species, universally distributed. They abound in the Pale arctic, Oriental, and Neo tropical regions, are le plentiful in the Nearctic and Ethiopian, and very scarce in the Australian region. Bill moderate, straight, convex above; point of upper mandible compre ed, notched and slightly decurved; gape with a few hairs; nostrils basal, lateral, oval, partly closed by a membrane; wings with the first feather very short, second shorter than the third or fourth, which are usually the longest; tarsus longer than middle toe, outer toe connected with middle toe at base. Besides the species popularly known as Thrushes [THRUSH], Turdus merula , the Blackbird. T. torquatus , the Ring Ouzel, T. iliacus , the Redwing, and T. pilar is , the Fieldfare, are the most familiar.