A Fallacy Explained Thrush-blackbird hybrids never occur in the natural state, says a writer in “Forest and Bird.” Some amateur gardeners have written to the newspapers stating they have seen such a hybrid on the lawn, but this can be explained by the fact that the female blackbird and also the young male are not black but are a mottled amber brown.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23970, 10 June 1943, Page 3
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