42 MISSEL THRUSH. 



MISSEL THRUSH. 



MISSELTOE THRUSH. STORM-COCK. MISSEL-BIRD. 

 SHRITE. SHRIKE-COCK. HOLM THRUSH. 



PLATE XCVIII. 



Turdus viscitorus, LINNAEUS. LATHAM. 



Merula viscivora, SELBY. 



"PREPARATIONS for the nest begin very early. 

 Building has been observed to have been com- 

 menced even in the end of March, and on the 3rd. 

 and the 5th. of April, and nests with eggs have been 

 found on the 6th. and yth. of that month, as also 

 at the same place so late as the 26th. of May in the 

 same year, I had a note from J. N. F. Bardwell, 

 Esq., of Bolton Hall, near York, on the iyth. of 

 March, 1883, in which he told me of one which was 

 sitting in a new nest, on the 5th. of that month, but 

 the extreme cold of the i6th. killed her, as she was 

 found dead under the tree; the nest was found to have 

 three eggs in it. 



The nest, which is a loose structure, is a compilation 

 of twigs, small sticks, straws, grasses, leaves, lichens, 

 wool, or mosses, compacted inwardly with mud, inter- 

 mingled with still smaller roots, finer grasses, and moss, 

 or indeed any soft material, feathers in some cases, 



