LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Order PASSERES. 



Suborder OSOINES. 



Section OSCINES DENTIROSTRES. 



Family TURDID^S. 



Subfamily TURBINE. 



Genus TURDUS, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1766). 



Turdus = a Thrush, in classical Latin. Of uncertain derivation. 



Turdus viscivorus. MISSEL-THRUSH. 

 Turdus viscivorus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 291 (1766). 



Turdus viscivorus, Naum. ii. p. 248; Macg. ii. p. 114; 



Hewitson, i. p. 79 ; Gray, p. 73; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 187; 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 197; Newton, i. p. 258; Gould, ii. pi. 33; 



Harting, p. 11 ; Dresser, ii. p. 3. 

 Missel Thrush, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 179. 



Viscivorus, from viscum = mistletoe, and voro = I devour a translation of 

 Aristotle's name for the bird, io/36pos. 



A common resident in England and Wales, rarer in S cot- 

 id/ at Ireland. Breeds commonly throughout Central 

 Europe, more rarely eastwards, and as far as Turkestan, 

 Kashmir, and Lake Baikal. From countries where the 

 winters are severe it migrates to South Europe, North 

 Africa, and South Persia. 



Turdus musicus. SONG-THRUSH. 



Turdus musicus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 292 (1766). 



Turdus musicus, Naum. ii. p. 262; Macg. ii. p. 127; Hew- 

 itson,\. p. 81; Gray, p. 74; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 202; 



