in Ch'eat Britain during the Nesting-season. 19 



Apparently still increasing in Scotland, as it is now recorded 

 as breeding regularly even in the most northern counties. 



TuRDus Musicus (L.). Song-Thrush. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-37. 



Lat. 50°-60°. " British" type, or general. 



Extends to the Outer Hebrides and Orkney, but does not 

 breed in Shetland. 



TuRDUs MERULA {L.). Blackbird. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-35, 37. 



Lat. 50°-60°. " British" type, or general. 



Nests regularly even in the most northern parts of Scotland 

 and in Orkney ; but apparently does not extend to Shetland, nor 

 to " the northern and more remote Hebrides " [Macgillivray) . 



Obs. — It has been thought that a few pairs of the Redwing 

 {Turdus iliacus) occasionally remain during summer and nest 

 in this country. Mr. Blyth, in Charlesworth's ' Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist.,' states that he had known several such instances in 

 Surrey : he also quotes (vol. i. p. 440) the statement of a dealer, 

 that a nest was taken at Barnet. Yarrell mentions a nest found 

 at Godalming; and one taken in Leicestershire is recorded in 

 the ' Zoologist ' for 1864, p. 9248. 



In Shropshire, Mr. Eyton has noticed that some remain all the 

 summer near Eyton. 



In the summer of 1855, Dr. Saxby found a nest in North 

 Wales. It was placed in a tall Portugal laurel ; and he re- 

 peatedly observed the bird sitting on her eggs, which he after- 

 wards took (see Zoologist, 1861, p. 7427). 



In the Outer Hebrides, Mr. Bullock stated that he had found 

 a nest in Harris ; and in Orkney, Mr. Low observed a pair 

 " in Hoy through the greatest part of summer " (Faun. Ore. 

 p. 58). 



The Fieldfare [Turdus pilaris) also is recorded by Mr. Blyth 

 to have bred at Merton in Surrey (Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. 



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