Birds of Britain 



Scandinavia, Eussia, and Siberia as far east as the Lena. 

 It does not, as a rule, nest south of the Baltic, though 

 there are said to be isolated colonies in the high mountain 

 regions of Central Europe, the Alps, and the Pyrenees. Its 

 winter migrations extend throughout the whole of Southern 

 Europe and Asia Minor, including both sides of the 

 Mediterranean basin. 



THE BLACK-THROATED THRUSH 



Turdus atrigularis, Temmiiick 



This is an Eastern species, breeding in Siberia from the 

 Ural Mountains eastwards, and wintering in Persia, 

 Afghanistan, and India. Stragglers have frequently been 

 obtained in Europe, and two or three examples have been 

 taken in these islands. 



The adult is brown on the upper parts and whitish 

 below, except for the chin, which is spotted, and the throat 

 and breast, which are black. Length 9-75 in.; wing 

 5*45 in. 



WHITE'S THRUSH 



Turdus varius, Pallas 



A large Thrush, rather bigger than a Missel Thrush, 

 and not unlike that species in its immature plumage. It is 

 of extremely rare occurrence on our islands, and has only 



