LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Order PASSERES. 



Suborder OSOINES. 



Section OSCINES DENTIROSTRES. 



Family TURDIDiE. 



Subfamily TurdinjE. 



Genus TURDUS, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1766). 



Turdus = a Thrush, in classical Latin. Of uncertain derivation. 



Turdus viscivorus. Missbl-Thedsh. 



Turdus viscivorusj Linn. S. N. i. p. 291 (1766). 



Turdus viscivorus, Naum. ii. p. 248 j Macg. ii. p. 114; 



Hewitson, i. p. 79 ; Gray, p. 73 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 187 ; 



id. ed. 3, i. p. 197 ; Newton, i. p. 258 ; Gould, ii. pi. 33 ; 



Harting, p. 11 ; Dresser, ii. p. 3. 

 Missel Thrushj Yarr. ed. \, i. p. 179. 



Viscivorus, from viscv/m = mistletoe, and voro = I devour — a translation of 

 Aristotle's name for the bird, i5o/36pos. 



A common resident in England and Wales, rarer in Scot- 

 land and Ireland. Breeds commonly throughout Central 

 Europe, more rarely eastwards, and as far as Turkestan, 

 Kashmir, and Lake Baikal. Prom countries where the 

 winters are severe it migrates to South Europe, North 

 Africa, and South Persia. 



Turdus musicus. Song-Theush. 



Turdus musicus, Zmw. S.N. i. p. 292 (1766). 



Turdus musicus, Naum. ii. p. 262 ; Macg. ii. p. 127 ; Hew- 

 itson,!. p. 81; Gray, p. 74; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 202; 



