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Eing Ouzel or Blackbird, and is then finally lined with fibrous 

 rootlets, quite as coarse as those the Magpie uses, and one or two 

 pieces of sedgy grass. In general appearance the nest resembles 

 most closely a common Magpie's without the sticks, just the mere 

 cup, and is far more coarsely made than the nests of the true 

 Thrushes. 



The eggs, greenish-white, with minute reddish spots, were 

 three, although most probably the full number had not been laid. 

 They resemble those of the Mistle Thrush, but the ground-colour 

 is slightly paler, and the spots much finer, more numerous, and 

 more evenly distributed. They measure 1/2 inch in length and 

 0'9 inch in breadth. 



THE SIBEBIAN GEOUND THEUSH. 



(Geocich la sibirica.) * 



Plate 50, Fig. 3. 



The only claim of the Siberian Ground Thrush to be included 

 in the list of British birds rests upon a single example, which was 

 sent to the late Mr. F. Bond by a dealer, who informed him that 

 it had been shot between Guildford and Godalming in the winter 

 of 1860-61. The Siberian Ground Thrush breeds in the valleys 

 of the Yenisei and the Lena, between lat. 67° and 68°, and also 

 near Yokohama in Japan. The egg figured was procured in the 

 latter locality by Mr. H. Pryer. 



THE MISTLE THEUSH. 

 (T urdus viscivorus.) 



Plate 50, Figs. 4, G. 



The " Stormcock," as this bird is popularly called, is one of 

 those few species which, during very recent times, have extended 

 their range in the British Islands. Upon the European Continent 

 the Mistle Thrush breeds throughout the temperate portions, 

 extending on the west coast as far north as the Arctic circle. 

 Eastwards it ranges through Turkestan to the North-west Hima- 

 layas and Lake Baikal. 



* Tardus sibiyicus — Saunders, Manual, p, 12, 

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