i8 BIRDS. 



5. Turd US varius Pall. White's Thrush. 



Accidental visitant from Eastern Asia, of extremely rare 

 occurrence. 



Huddersfield, one (Beaumont, Hudd. Nat., 1864, p. 217). 



Danby-in-Cleveland, one seen, spring of 1870 (Atkinson, 



Zool., May, 1870, p. 2142). 

 Whitby, one, November 1878 (Simpson, Zool., 1880, p. 68); 



now in the Whitby Museum. 



6. Turdus atrigularis Temm. Black-throated Thrush. 



7. Turdus merula L. Blackbird. 



Resident, generally distributed, abundant. Immigrants from 

 Northern Europe arrive annually on the coast in October 

 and November, and sometimes later in the " winter ; old 

 males appearing later than the young ones. 



8. Turdus torquatus L. Ring-Ouzel. 



Summer visitant, nesting commonly on all the high moors of 

 Cleveland, and the western moorlands from Sheffield 

 northwards ; also occurring in limited numbers on the coast 

 in late autumn, as an immigrant from the Continent, on 

 its way further south. In the winter of 1855-6 single 

 birds were observed at Holmfirth and at Keighley. Has 

 nested in solitary instances on Thorne Moor and near 

 Beverley, both low-lying localities, only a few feet above 

 sea-level. 



9. Monticola saxatilis (Z.). Rock-Thrush. 



Accidental visitant from Central and Southern Europe, of 

 extremely rare occurrence. 



Near Robin Hood's Bay, one, June 1852 (Bedlington, 

 Morris' Nat, 1856, p. 21). Probably an adult male. 



Sub-fam. CINCLINM. 



10. Cinclus aquaticus Bechst. Common Dipper. 



Resident, nesting commonly in the hilly districts of the 

 north-east and of the west from Sheffield northwards. 

 In extremely severe winters descends from the higher 

 localities, and is then occasionally observed on the pol- 

 luted streams of the manufacturing districts. Has never 

 yet been reported as having occurred in the East Riding, 



