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Turdus musicus clarkii. 



BRITISH SONG-THRUSH. 



Turdus philomelos clarkei ffartert, Bull. B. 0. C. xxiii. 

 1909, p. 54 : Tring, England. 



Turdus musicus Linn. ; SeeboJim, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, 

 p. 191 (part.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 1 ; Sounders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 3. 



Clarkei, should be clarkii, called after the British ornithologist Wm. Eagle 

 Clarke. 



Distribution in the British Islands. Resident. Generally 

 distributed, but rare in the Orkney and Shetland Islands. 

 Numbers leave in the autumn, especially those inhabiting the 

 northern districts and higher ground, and winter on the 

 Continent, returning in spring, and hence are Summer Visitors, 



General Distribution. According to Baron Snouckaert 

 van Schauburg, the British Song-Thrush breeds in Holland. 

 Birds of this race have been obtained in winter in France 

 and Portugal. 



Turdus musicus hebridensis. 



HEBRIDEAN SONG-THRUSH. 



Turdus musicus hebridensis Clarke, Scottish Nat. 

 1913, p. 53 : Barra, Hebrides. 



Hebridensis = of the Hebrides. 



Distribution. Resident and confined to the Outer Hebrides, 

 where it takes the place of the mainland form and breeds. 



Turdus iliacus. KEDWING. 



Turdus iliacus [non Linn. 1758] Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 292. . C. 



Turdus iliacus Linn. ; SeeloTim, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, p. 189 ; 

 B. 0. II. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 2 ; Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 

 1899, p. 5. 



Iliacus . Aristotle, Hist . An. ix. 20, mentions IXids or iXXas as a small bird 

 of the Thrush kind, which Gaza, in his Latin translation (Venice, 1476) calls 

 iliacus. There is no adjective in classical Latin from \lia- flanks. 



