MANUAL OF PAL^ARCTIC BIRDS 



TURDUS, Linn., 1766. 



1. MISTLETOE THRUSH. 

 TURDUS VISCIVORUS. 



Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1766) ; Naumann, ii. p. 248,. 

 Taf. 66 ; Hewitson, i. p. 79, pi. xxiii. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of E. ii. 

 pi. 77 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. ii. pi. 32 ; Newton, i. p. 258 ; Dresser, ii. 

 p. 3, pi. 1 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 148 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 0. p. 286 ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 194 ; Saunders, p. 1 ; Lilford, iii. 

 p. 80, pi. 40. 



Draine, Grive de gui, French ; Tordeira, Portuguese ; Charla 

 Drena, Spanish; Tordela, Italian ; Mistel-Drossel, German; Groote 

 Lijster, Dutch ; Mistel-Drossel, Danish ; Duetrost, Norwegian ; 

 Dubbel-Trast, Swedish ; Kulo-rastas, Rossa-rastas, Finnish ; 

 Drozd-JDerydba, Russian. 



( ad. (England). Above greyish brown, inclining to olivaceous ; beneath 

 buffy white, boldly spotted with blackish brown ; eye-streak obsolete ; 

 axillaries and tinder wing-coverts pure white. Culmen 0'9, wing 6*0, tail 4'8 ,, 

 tarsus 1*3 inch. Sexes alike. The nestling is spotted and streaked above 

 with golden buff. 



Hob. N. and Central Europe and Asia as far east as Lake 

 Baikal ; in winter south to N. Africa, Persia, Turkestan, and 

 N.W. Himalayas. 



Frequents woods, orchards, and cultivated districts, and is, as 

 a rule, somewhat shy. It feeds on insects, snails, worms, and, 

 in winter, on berries of various kinds, and seems to be the 

 species most partial to the mistletoe, its fondness for which is 

 shown by its ancient Greek name, Igofiopos, given by Aristotle. 

 Its call-note is loud and Jatarsh, and its song, which is clear and 

 high-toned, may be hea^Pas early as January or February. Its 



