2 TURDID^E. 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 212; Newton, i. p. 264; Gould, ii. pi. 32; 

 Harting, p. 11; Dresser, ii. p. 19. 

 Song Thrush, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 193. 



Muslcus = musical, tuneful ; from Musa, MoDo-a, the goddess of music, 

 poetry, &c. 



A common resident in the British Islands. Breeds through- 

 out temperate Europe and Asia, migrating from places where 

 the winters are severe to South Europe, North Africa, and 

 South Persia. 



Turdus iliacus. REDWING. 



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

 Turdus iliacus, Naum. ii. p. 276 ; Macg. ii. p. 141 ; Hewitson, 



i. p. 87; Gray, p. 74; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 207; id. ed. 3, 



i. p. 217; Newton, i. p. 268; Gould, ii. pi. 34; Harting, 



p. 11; Dresser, ii. p. 35. 

 Redwing, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 198. 



Iliacus: Aristotle, Hist. An. ix. 20, mentions iXids or t'XXas (or rvXas) as a 

 small bird of the Thrush kind, which Gaza, in his Latin translation (Venice, 

 1476), calls iliacus. Derivation and quantity unknown ; it is probably a foreign 

 word, as the variation of readings shows. There can hardly be any connexion 

 with iliacus = relating to the colic ; for there is no adjective in classical Latin 

 from ilia = flanks, although it is possible that Linnaeus had this notion in his 

 mind. 



A common winter visitor to the British Islands. Breeds 

 in the Arctic pine-regions of Europe and Asia ; very rarely 

 east of the Yenisei. Winters in Western and Southern 

 Europe, and, more rarely, in Algeria, Persia, Turkestan, and 

 North-west India. 



Turdus pilaris. FIELDFARE. 

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

 Turdus pilaris, Naum. ii. p. 296 ; Macg. ii. p. 105 ; Hewitson, 

 i. p. 84; Gray, p. 73; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 198; id. ed. 3, 

 i. p. 208 ; Newton, i. p. 272 ; Gould, ii. pi. 35 ; Harting, 

 p. 11; Dresser, 11. p. 41. 

 Fieldfare, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 189. 



