SONG-THRUSH. 



doubt migrants from the more northern districts. In 

 the springs of 1883 and 1884, however, they appeared 

 to have recovered their normal nmnbers. 



EEDWING. 



TuRDUs iLiACUs, LinnfBus. 



A winter visitor, appearing usually the latter half of 

 October, but in mild seasons in the earlier half ; if very 

 severe weather occurs on its arrival, it goes south at 

 once. In most parts of the county it is found in con- 

 siderable numbers ; but, according to Mr. H. Kerr, it is 

 only occasionally seen in Eossendale, and Mr. T. Jackson 

 has observed very few in the neighbourhood of Overton, 

 on the Lune estuary. Mr. J. Hardy says that it is much 

 less abundant than formerly near Manchester, and in 

 the Urmston district also Mr. C. E. Eeade states that 

 its numbers have diminished. At St. Michael's-on- 

 Wyre, Mr. Hugh P. Hornby thinks that the Eedwing 

 suffered more than any other of the family during the 

 hard winters before mentioned, and considers that, 

 whilst before a common winter visitor, it is now a rare 

 one. It leaves again for its northern breeding-haunts 

 in March or early April. 



[Mr. E. J. Howard informs me that great numbers 

 feed under and roost in the rhododendrons at Billinge 

 Hill, and even during the severe winter up to the end of 

 March 1892, hundreds were about in the valleys and 

 wooded districts. — Ed.] 



