AVES. 

 ORDER, PASSERES. 



FAMILY, TURDID^. 



1. Tjirdns visavorus. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 291. Missel-Thrush. 



The Missel-Thrush barely claims a place in the Fauna of Palestine. 

 I once saw it in winter, in a wooded district of Lebanon, but I have seen 

 the young soon after leaving the nest on the southern spurs of the 

 Taurid, near Marash. 



It is found throughout Europe, the Barbary States, Asia Minor, the 

 Caucasus, and the North-west Himalayas. 



2. T7irdns vinsiciis. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 292. Song-Thrush. 



The Thrush is not uncommon in winter in the higher ground. I 

 occasionally noticed it in the wooded districts of Galilee in spring, but 

 never found the nest. 



The Song-Thrush is found through all Europe, and in winter in 

 North Africa. It also inhabits Western Asia and Siberia, and has been 

 obtained in Northern China. 



3. Turdns pilaris. Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 291. Fieldfare. 



The Fieldfare is very rare in Palestine, but is occasionally met with 

 in winter. I found one close to Jerusalem in February. 



It is a bird of northern range, breeding in Northern Europe and 

 Asia, and descending in winter, though rarely, as far as the Mediterranean 

 countries, and to Cashmere in the east. 



