rock-thrush
[rock n.1]
A thrush of the genus Monticola (formerly Petrocincla).
| 1783 Latham Gen. Synop. Birds II. i. 54 Rock Thrush, Merula saxatilis. Size of a Thrush. Bill pale brown. 1826 Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIV. 349 Petrocincla,..Rock-thrush. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 479/1 There are other European species of the tribe, such as Turdus saxatilis, the rock thrush. 1859 Darwin Orig. Spec. iv. (ed. 2) 89 The rock-thrush of Guiana, birds of Paradise, and some others, congregate. 1875–84 Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Africa 219 Cape Rock-Thrush. This is the largest of the three South African Rock-Thrushes. |