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Pilaris, the translation given by Gaza (1476) of rptxas, a kind of Thrash, in 

 Aristotle, Hist. Am. ix. 20, as if that name were derived (vphich is very un- 

 certain) from SpiS = pihts = hair. The classical Latin word pilaris = relating 

 to a ball, can have no reference to any special development of " hair ' on the 

 head. 



A common winter visitor to the British Islands. Breeds 

 in the pine-regions of Northern Europe and Asia as far east 

 as the Yenisei. Winters in Western and Southern Europe, 

 North Africa, Turkestan, and Kashmir. 



[Turdiis migratorius. AunmcAN Robin. 

 Turdus migratorius, lAnn. S. N. i. p. 293 (1766). 

 Tardus migratorius, Naum. xiii. p. 336. 



Migratornis = migratory, from its well-known habits. 



A specimen caught alive off Dover in April or May 1876 

 (Zool. 1877, p. 14/) had probably escaped from confinement. 

 Exceedingly common in North America, this species has very 

 rarely, if ever, occurred in Europe.] 



Turdus atrigularis. Black-throated Thrush. 



Turdus atrogularis, Temminck, Man. d'Orn. i. 

 p. 169 (1820). 



Turdus bechsteinii, Naum. ii. p. 310. 



Turdus atrigularis, Newton, i. p. 276 j Harting, p. 101 ; 



Dresser, ii. p. 83. 

 Turdus atrogularis, Gould, ii. pi. 36. 



Atrigularis — black-throated, from dter + gula. 



An accidental straggler into Europe; a young male was 

 shot in Sussex, December 23, 1868. It breeds in Central 

 Siberia, Turkestan, and the Himalayas, and winters in 

 Eastern Persia and Northern India. 



Turdus varius. White's Thrush. 



Turdus varius, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- As. i. p. 449 (1811) . 

 Turdus varius, Macg. ii. p. 146; Newton, i. p. 251; Harting, 

 p. 100; Dresser, ii. p. 77. 



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