86 TURDIDiE. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Eesident. Widely 

 distributed and common ; in the hill-country it nests in 

 wooded glens. Rarer and local in the Highlands and Islands 

 o£ Scotland and absent from the Shetland Islands. It 

 appeared in Ireland a little over a century ago. Numbers 

 leave in the autumn for more southern winter haunts 

 and return in the spring, and are Stunmer Visitors. Many 

 arrive from the Continent in autumn as Winter Visitors ; 

 and others traverse our shores en route for southern Europe, 

 and repass in spring, as Birds of Passage, and are then often 

 observed in the Shetlands. 



General Distribution. — The Missel - Thrush breeds in 

 northern and central Europe, in the mountains of southern 

 Europe, and in western Siberia. It is a partial migrant, 

 winteringinthe Mediterranean countries. Several other races 

 have been recognised — T. v. deichleri in north-west Africa, 

 T. V. reiseri in Corsica, and T. v. bonapartii in central Asia. 



Turdus musicus. Continental Song-Theush. 



TurdUS musicus [nan Linn. 17,58] Linnceus. Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 292. JS. €. 



Turdus musicus Linn. ; Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, 



p. 191 (part.)- 

 Turdus m. musicus O. B. Ticehurst, British Birds, iv. 1911, 



p. 245. 



Muslcua=masicaX, tuneful; from Mma, Movaa, the goddess of music, 

 poetry, etc. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Winter Visitor from 

 northern and western central Europe. Also a Bird of Passage 

 in spring and autumn, when proceeding to and from its 

 continental summer haunts and its winter quarters south 

 of our shores. 



General Distribution. — The Continental Song-Thrush 

 breeds in Europe generally, with the exception of southern 

 Spain and southern Italy and Greece ; also in Siberia as far 

 east as Lake Baikal. It winters in southern Europe, Madeira, 

 the Canary Islands, northern Africa, and Persia. 



