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TURDUS MUSICUS (Z.). Song-Thrush. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-37. 



Lat. 50-60 3 . " British " type, or general. 



Extends to the Outer Hebrides and Orkney, but does not breed in 

 Shetland. 



TURDUS MERULA (Z.). Blackbird. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 135, 37. 



Lat. 50-60. " British " type, or general. 



Nests regularly even in the most northern parts of Scotland and in 

 Orkney ; but apparently does not extend to Shetland, nor to " the 

 northern and more remote Hebrides " (Macgillivray). 



Obs. It has been thought that a few pairs of the Redwing (Turdus 

 iliacus] occasionally remain during summer and nest in this country. 

 Mr. Blyth, in Charlesworth's ' Mag. of Nat. Hist./ states that he had 

 known several such instances in Surrey : he also' quotes (vol. i.p.440) the 

 statement of a dealer, that a nest was taken at Barnet. Yarrell men- 

 tions a nest found at Godalming ; and one taken in Leicestershire is 

 recorded in the 'Zoologist' for 1864, p. 9248. 



In Shropshire, Mr. Eyton has noticed that some remain all the 

 summer near Eyton. 



In the summer of 1855, Dr. Saxby found a nest in North Wales. It 

 was placed in a tall Portugal laurel ; and he repeatedly observed the 

 bird sitting on her eggs, which he afterwards took (see ' Zoologist,' 

 1861, p. 7427). 



In the Outer Hebrides, Mr. Bullock stated that he had found a nest 

 in Harris ; and in Orkney, Mr. Low observed a pair " in Hoy through 

 the greatest part of summer" (Faun. Ore. p. 58). 



The Fieldfare (lurdus fiilaris] also is recorded by Mr. Blyth to 

 have bred at Merton in Surrey (Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist. iiL 

 p. 467), but unfortunately that gentleman did not see the birds himself. 

 In his 'Tour in Sutherland' (i. p. 206) Mr. St. John says, "I was 

 shown a nest and eggs from near the Spey." Other instances of sup- 

 posed nests or of the bird having been observed in summer may be 

 found in the ' Zoologist,' the ' Field,' and other periodicals, but there 

 is little doubt that in nearly all cases the Mistletoe-Thrush has been 

 mistaken for the Fieldfare. 



TURDUS TORQUATUS (Z.). Ring-Ouzel. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, n, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20-35, 36 ?, 37. 



Lat. 50-59. " Scottish " or Northern type. 



Nests regularly in the hilly parts of the west and north of England,. 



