158 INSESSORES. MERULA. Thrush. 



lead the student who seeks to follow the natural arrange- 

 ment, or that based upon affinity. It is still a numerous ge- 

 nus, and some of the various species that it includes are 

 found in every quarter of the globe. 



Many of the European species are migratory, and assem- 

 ble during the winter in large flocks. Their food consists of 

 insects and worms, together with different kinds of berries 

 and fruits. Their moult appears to be simple. 



MISSEL-THRUSH, 



Mervla vise IV or a. 



PLATE XLIV. Fig. 1. 



Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Svsn. 1. p. 291 — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 806. — Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. 1. 320. 1 Rail Syn. p. 64. A. 1 Will. p. 137- 1. 136. 



Turdus major, Briss. 2. p. 200. 1. 



La Draine, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 295. t. 19. f. 1 Id. PI. EnL 489. 



Merle Draine, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. I. p. 161. 



Mistel-Drossel, Meyer, Taschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 191 Bechst. Tasschenb. 



Deut. V. 3. p. 324. 

 Missel-Thrush. Br. Zool. 1. No. 105 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 341. 8 — Will. 



(Ang.) p. 187. t. 36 — Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 57 Lath. Syn. 3. p. 161. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet — Id. Sup Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 10 — Bewick's Br. 



Birds, 1. p. 96 — Id. Sup. 



Provincial, — Misseltoe-Thrush, Storm Cock. 



The Missel-Thrush is the largest of its tribe, and is indi- 

 genous in Great Britain ; but its distribution is not so exten- 

 sive, nor locally so abundant, as that of the Song-Thrush and 

 Blackbird. It appears to be more numerous in the western 

 counties than in any other parts ; but it has made its appear- 

 ance within these few years, and been rapidly increasing, in 

 Northumberland. Except during the period of the produc- 

 tion of its young, it is a bird of shy and retired habits, fre- 

 quenting the outskirts of woods, or extensive pastures, where 

 it feeds upon worms and other insects. 

 Food. During the winter, it lives chiefly upon the berries of the 



mistletoe and juniper, with those of the hawthorn, holly, 

 and ivy. It possesses a very powerful note, and, in case of 



