50 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Fam. Turdid^e. 

 Mistletoe Thrush, Turdus viscivorus, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 15. 



Districts all. Common all over the county, and breeds. 

 When Montagu wrote in 1802 he mentioned this bird as 

 being "by no means plentiful in England;" it must have 

 greatly increased in numbers during the present century, as 

 now it is well known everywhere. (See Newton's Yarrelli. 

 261). For many observations on the habits of this bird see 

 quotations from the journal made at Great Bealings of the 

 Rev. E. J. Moor, from 1835 to 1841, in Meyer's Brit. Birds 

 ii. 2-4. 



Song Thrush, Turdus musicus, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 16. Catalogued only. 



Districts all. Common all over the county, and nests. 

 For the migration of this bird, before scarcely suspected, 

 see "Newton* in Ibis 1860, 83-5 and Trans. Norf. and Nor. 

 Soc. 1870-1, 30. A pure white variety taken in June 1872 

 at Herringfleet by Col. Leathes, in whose possession it is 

 (Col. Leathes in litt. and T. E. Gunn in Z. 2nd S. 3323). 

 One nearly white shot at Eushbrook, June 2, 1883 ; the 

 spots on the breast faintly visible (Travis v. v. C. B. !). 



Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 15. 



Districts all. This winter visitant must be regarded as 

 common all over the county. A small flock was observed at 

 Aldeburgh Sept. 25, 1867, an unusually early date (Clark- 

 Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 989), and Sheppard and Whitear 

 mention having seen very large flocks as late as the beginning 

 of May in 1812 and 1820, but whether in Norfolk or in 

 Suffolk, or both, does not appear. (S. and W. u. s.J. It is 

 reported to have nested at Pakefield in 1874 (Creed MS.). 



Eedwing, Turdus iliacus, L. 

 S. and W. Cat. 16. Catalogued only. 



* He observed at Elveden that it had the end of November and that it began to 

 almost entirely left the neighbourhood by return about the beginning of February. 



