12 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



seen or captured in the county. A light buft' variety at 

 Wakefield was noted by the late William Talbot in 1873, 

 and an example of a mottled plumage, as though sprinkled 

 with snow, was obtained at Easington, Holderness, in 

 December 1894. 



A general vernacular name is Fellfer, Felfer, or Fellfor ; 

 on the East Riding Wolds it is Blueback ; in Teesdale, Feldy ; 

 at Sedbergh, Felfit ; in Cleveland, Fenty, or Felty Fare ; 

 at Redcar it is known as Tom Piper ; in Staithes and Loftus 

 district it is Slate-backed Throstle ; while Bluetail is a local 

 name in vogue in several west and North Riding districts ; 

 Bluerump about Doncaster ; and Chucker is a term applied 

 to it in Nidderdale. 



WHITE'S THRUSH. 



Turdus varius (Pallas). 



Accidental visitant from Eastern Asia, of extremely rare occurrence. 



The peregrinations by which this species reaches Britain 

 are very remarkable. A summer visitant to, and breeding 

 in, Central and Eastern Siberia and Northern China, White's 

 Thrush winters in South- Western China, Southern Japan, 

 and the Philippine Islands. And since we have chiefly 

 authentic evidence of its occurrence in Yorkshire in the fall 

 and winter, we maj'' conclude that this species has journeyed 

 very far west during the autumn passage, crossing half Asia 

 and the whole of Europe, instead of undertaking the normal 

 and much shorter south-east route. 



This bird has been recorded to have occurred on six 

 occasions in Yorkshire. One of these is considered to be 

 open to doubt — namely, that mentioned by the late Canon 



