THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



MISTLE-THRUSH. 

 Turdus viscivorus (Z.). 



Common resident, generally distributed. An influx of arrivals from 

 the north occurs in autumn, some of which move further south, while- 

 others winter. 



The earliest mention of this as a Yorkshire bird is con- 

 tained in the Appendix to the Rev. John Graves's " History 

 of Cleveland," dated 1808. 



Thomas Allis, in his " Report on the Birds of Yorkshire,"" 

 prepared for the York Meeting of the British Association, 

 in 1844, wrote of this species as follows : 



Turdus viscivorus. Missel Thrush Common over the county. 



In addition to being a very generally distributed and 

 abundant resident, flocks of immigrant Mistle-Thrushes 

 arrive on our coasts in the autumn from Northern Europe, 

 where the bird is to some extent a summer visitant ;: tl*U 

 at Redcar on 4th October 1884, at 8 a.m., flocks* were 

 " coming in," the wind being N.W. and fresh (Sixtfi I^igfcaiipii 

 Report, p. 41) ; and on nth October 1885, there* occurred 

 a great " rush " at Teesmouth (Seventh Migration Report, 

 p. 38). They are less noticed at the Light Stations than 

 any other of the genus, being frequently confounded with 

 Fieldfares, and both species indifferently designated as " large 

 grey thrushes." Some of these immigrants no doubt remain 

 with us during the winter months, and may leave us for a 

 more southerly clime on the first really severe weather. 



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