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Turcliis pilaris L. Fieldfare. Fr. Grive lilornc ; Ccr. 

 \\';it hhoKlcrdrossel ; Ital. Toidclajj^azzina ; Swcd. IJjorktrast. 



,t '^ Head, hind neck, rump, and upper tail coverts slaty 

 grey ; back chestnut brown, supercilium white ; beneath, throat, 

 breast and flanks rufous streaked black ; abdomen, under tail 

 coverts, wing coverts, and axillaries white. Bill (winter) horn 

 brown, yellowish at base below, (summer) $ yellow, 9 yellow 

 with brown tip. Legs and feet black. Wing $ 137-152, 9 

 132-147. Tarsus 30-34. Bill 15-18. 



Breeds. — From north Central Europe (Galicia to Bavaria) 

 north to limit of forest growth, east to Urals and in Siberia. 

 Not in British Isles. Migrates ; occurs in winter in British 

 Isles and throughout Europe south from wS. Scandinavia to 

 Mediterranean, N. Africa (Morocco to Egypt), and in Asia 

 from Asia Minor to N.W. India. Rarer and more irregular in 

 southern parts. Occasional Madeira and Canaries. 



Turdus viscivorus viscivorus L. Mistle Thrush. Fr. 

 Draine ; Ger. Misteldrossel ; ItaL Tordela ; Swed. Dubbel-Trast. 



^ 9 Above brown with dull golden tinge on rump and 

 upper tail coverts ; beneath white, tinged buff and with large 

 black spots ; under wing coverts and axillaries white. Bill dark 

 brown, paler at base below. Legs and feet yellowish brown. 

 Winged M7-I59) ? 145-156. Tarsus 30-34. Bill 16-20. Young: 

 spotted and streaked with buff on upper parts. 



Breeds. — British Isles, Continental Europe north to about 68° 

 in Norway and Russia, east into W. Siberia, south to Caucasus, 

 N. Italy, Sicily, Spain. Partly resident, except in colder parts 

 of breeding range ; occurs in winter Mediterranean countries, 

 Macedonia, Asia Minor, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco. 



T. viscivorus deichleri Erlanger. Bill stronger and longer, 

 20-23 ; poller and greyer but not constantly so. 



Breeds. — Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, north of Atlas. 



"T. V. reiseri" Schiebel, described from winter birds in 

 Corsica, and "T. v. jubila^us" Zeidlitz, from S. Russia (Poland 

 to Caucasus) are names given to the same, a greyer, form, which 

 can be matched by birds from France and even England, and 

 apparently breeding birds from S. Spain are similar. Further 

 confirmation is required of this race. 



