BRITISH BIRDS. 5 



Male : upper plumage olive-brown, with wing-quills and 

 tail dusky ; throat and breast dull black ; belly white ; 

 sides brownish ; bill dusky brown, paler below ; tarsi light 

 brown. Length 970. In winter throat-feathers have grey 

 margins. Female : feathers of throat and breast have 

 blackish centres only and under parts are brownish-white. 

 Young males resemble female. 



Two occurrences are on record, /.*., a young male shot in 

 Sussex in 1 868 and another example shot near Perth, and 

 recorded in the "Ibis" for October, 1889, by Lieut.-Col. H. 

 M. Drummond Hay. 



6. Turdus varius, Pall. WHITE'S THRUSH. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia, North China, and Japan. In 

 winter south as far as Philippines and casually westward 

 to Europe. 



Adult bird has feathers of upper parts brownish-buff 

 tipped with black ; under parts buffi sh- white, marked with 

 crescent-shaped spots of black ; tail-feathers 14 in number 

 and tipped with white. Length fully 11*50. 



Earliest known occurrence was in Hampshire (1828). 

 Since then has occurred in most counties in east and 

 south of England, also in Berwickshire and three times 

 in Ireland : in counties Cork, Longford and Mayo. 



7. Turdus merula, Linn. BLACKBIRD. 



Hab. Europe, north and east to South Norway and 

 Central Russia. In winter migrates from most northern 

 regions. 



Male : plumage entirely black and glossy ; tail rather 

 long ; bill and eyelids yellow ; tarsi brownish-black. 

 Length 10-50. Female : upper plumage blackish-brown ; 

 throat buffish-white, spotted with reddish-brown ; breast 

 reddish-brown ; belly and flanks slate -black : bill orange- 

 brown : tarsi dark brown. 



