BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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THE Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris, Linnaeus) is a common 

 autumn migrant to the British Isles; it also occurs during 

 winter in Southern and Western Europe, and during the 

 nesting time inhabits the northern pine regions of Europe 

 and Asia. The adult male in summer has the head, neck, 

 and rump grey, the colouration of the rump being brighter; 

 feathers on crown, marked with blackish centres; middle of 

 back, wing-coverts, and scapulars, chestnut; wings and 

 tail, blackish-brown, with narrow pale margins to the 

 former; wings, lighter in colour than the tail; eye -stripe, 

 whitish; cheeks, throat, and breast, ochreous-buff, streaked 

 with black; flanks, marked boldly with blackish-brown; 

 centre of abdomen, white; bill, yellow; irides, brown; legs 

 and feet, blackish. Length, about ten inches. The female 

 closely resembles the male. 



