208 

 INSES80RES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



MERULIDJS. 



MERULID^. 



THE FIELDFARE. 



Turdus pilaris. 



Turdus pilaris, The Fieldfare, 



Merula 

 Turdus 



Merle litorne, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 404. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 121. 

 Thrush, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 65. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 160. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 99. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 163. 



THE FIELDFARE is a well-known migratory Thrush that 

 comes to us from the north, and is one of the latest, if not 

 the last, species that makes its annual and regular winter 

 visit to Great Britain and the North of Ireland. It seldom 

 appears much before the beginning of November, depending 



