BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 105 



Gbrusb. 



THE Missel Thrush (Turdus visrivorus, Linnaeus) is a 

 resident and widely distributed species throughout the 

 wooded districts of the British Islands. It is also found as 

 a resident in most parts of temperate Europe. In those 

 countries where the winters are severe, it migrates to South 

 Europe and North Africa. The adult has the head and 

 upper parts greyish-brown, tinged with rufous; rump, tinged 

 with yellowish ; tail, ash-grey ; outer feathers, tipped with 

 dull white ; inner webs of outermost feathers, also whitish ; 

 under parts, huffish- white, boldly spotted with large dark 

 brown fan-shaped spots, becoming smaller and more 

 triangular on the throat ; irides, dark brown ; bill, dark 

 brown, base beneath paler ; legs, pale brown. Length, 

 about eleven inches. The female closely resembles the 

 male. 



