BRITISH BIRDS 



The female is browner and generally duller in appear- 

 ance, also a trifle smaller, than the male, and the young 

 of both sexes resemble her until after their first moult. 



White, pied and cinnamon Fieldfares have now and then 

 been seen, and, as a matter of course, shot. 



The Fieldfare is a native of the northern parts of 



Europe and 

 of Siberia, 

 but as it visits 

 us regularly 

 every winter 

 in considera- 

 ble numbers, 

 and instances 

 are on record 

 where it has 

 even bred 

 with us, it 

 may be rea- 

 sonably de- 

 scribed as a 

 British bird. 

 The nest 

 is said to 

 be built in 

 pine woods, 

 at a varying 

 height from 

 the ground, 

 and is nearly 

 always situ- 

 ated against 



the trunk. Many pairs resort to the same locality and 

 construct their dwellings in close proximity to each other. 

 The nests are made of leaves, moss, and grass slightly 

 cemented together with mud, and are lined with the finer 

 portions of the materials used in the construction. The 

 eggs, which are four or five in number, are pale bluish- 

 green, spotted with dark brown. 



If kept in the house, the Fieldfare should have a large 



THE FIELDFARE. 



