46 THE BIRDS OF SUSSEX. 



supply of food, and roosts among the tangled herbage of the 

 mud-banks, which are covered by the highest tides only. 

 The Sussex name for the Song-Thrush is GreyUrd. 



EEDWING. 



Turdus iliacus. 



A KEGULAH winter visitant, although occasionally a few 

 remain as late as April, which has led some to suppose that 

 it has bred in this county. 



It generally arrives in October, when it resorts to the 

 grass land and enclosures, feeding on worms, &c., and not 

 taking so much to berries as the other species of the genus. 



This bird does not seem to be forewarned by its instinct 

 of the approach of severe frost, so that I h^ve often seen 

 numbers so overcome by the cold as scarcely to be able to 

 escape the prong, or shovel of the labourei", spreading the 

 dressing in the meadow. 



It is said to roost on the ground, in pastures overgrown 

 with grass or rushes. 



I have often seen little parties of this species in the 

 enclosures in Brighton, and particularly in the Pavilion 

 Gardens, where, in March 1889, several were walking about 

 within a few yards of my feet. 



FIELDFARE. 



Turdus pilaris. 



This species, like the last, is a regular winter visitor, 

 but occasionally appears as early as the second .week in 



