406 A CORNISH FAL^NA. 



IJVSUSSORUS. (Perchees.) 



Grreat Grrey Shrike, Lanius excubitor ; rare : occasional visitant in 

 some parts of England, and generally, though, not always, 

 in the winter. One killed at Grweek, near Helston. 



Lesser Grey Shrike or Eose-breasted Shrike, Lanius minor, 

 Cornish ; Scilly Isles. A specimen of this Shrike was killed 

 at Scilly in the month of November 1851. (See Corr. and 

 notices in " Zoologist" for the year 1867. See also further 

 particulars of this new British species in Grould's " Birds of 

 Grreat Britain," Article Z. minor.) 



E,ed-backed Shrike, Z. collurio ; summer visitant, not numerous, 

 and at uncertain intervals ; nest large for the size of the 

 bird, and much exposed. 



"Woodchat Shrike, L. Rufus ; very rare : an adult bird caught in 

 a boat, near Scilly. In the autumn of 1849 several examples 

 of the young of the year were captured on the Scilly Isles. 



Spotted Flycatcher, MJmicapa grisola ; generally distributed. 



Pied Flycatcher, M. luctuosa ; not recorded as a Cornish species 

 till the autumn of 1849, when one was captured at Alverton, 

 Penzance ; others have since been taken at Scilly. 



Eed-breasted Flycatcher, M. parva ; Carwythenack, Constantino, 

 and SciUy. (See Gould's " Birds of Europe.") 



Common Dipper, Cinclus aqiiaticus ; East Cornwall : frequents 

 rocky mountain streams. 



Missel Thrush, Turdus viscivorus ; generally distributed. 



White's Thrush, T. Whitei. A specimen of this rare thrush, 

 in very perfect plumage, was killed near Trewithen, in 

 Probus, a short time since. 



Fieldfare, T. pilaris ; winter visitant : after severe frost there 

 is always a great accession of numbers throughout this and 

 the western counties, from their retreating as far southward 

 and westward as possible for a less rigorous climate ; a short 

 duration of severe frost appears to prostrate the powers of 

 this and the following species. 



Eedwing, T. iliaca, Cornish ; winter visitant. (See previous re- 

 marks on the fieldfare.) 



Song Thrush, T. musica ; generally distributed. 



Blackbird, T. vulgaris ; generally distributed. 



Eing Ouzle, T. torquato ; summer visitant. More common on 

 the eastern moors, where they breed. 



