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Distribution in the British Islands, — A Rare Visitor. It has 

 occurred in Nottinghamshire in Oct. 1905, 



General Distribution. — The Dusky Thrush breeds in 

 Siberia and winters in China, wandering to Burma and 

 north-eastern India. It has occurred occasionally in almost 

 every country in Europe. 



Turdus atrigularis. Black-throated Thrush. 



Turdus atrogularis Temminch, Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. i. 

 1820, p. 169 : Austria and Silesia. 



Merula atrigularis (Temm.') ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, 



p. 267. 

 Turdus atrigularis B. O. TI. List, 1st ed. p. 3 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 9. 

 jltrigwlaWs = black-throated, from ater and gitla. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor. It has 

 been recorded from Sussex, Dec. 1868; Perthshire, Feb. 

 1879 ; and Kent, Jan. 1909 and March 1911. 



General Distribution. — This Thrush breeds in western 

 Siberia eastwards to the Altai Mountains, and has been 

 recorded as nesting in Turkestan. It winters in Persia, 

 Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and north India, and has been 

 obtained in southern Arabia. It occurs occasionally in 

 Europe, more rarely in the western half. 



Turdus jnerula. Blackbird. 



Turdus merula Linnceus, Syst, Nat. 1758, p. 1-70 : Sweden. 



Merula merula (Linn.); Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 1881, 



p. 235. 

 Turdus merula B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 4; Saunders, 



Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 13. 



Merula, the name of a bird in classical Latin, which has been referred to 

 ithe Blackbird. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Resident, generally 

 dispersed, and abundant. Less common in the Highlands, 

 Hebrides, and northern Islands, Considerable numbers 



