4 TURDID^. 



Turdns aureus, Gray, p. 75. 



Turdus whitei, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 193; id. ed. 3, i. p. 303. 



Oreocincla aurea, Gould, ii. pi. 39. 



White's Thrush, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 184. 



V&Tius = variegated. 



A rare accidental visitor to England and Europe. Breeds 

 in North-east Siberia. Winters in Japan, South China, and 

 the Philippines. 



[Turdus sibin'cus. Sibbbian Tssuss. 



Turdus sibiricuSj Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. App . 

 p. 694 (1776). 



Turdus bechsteinii (partim), Naum. ii. p. 310. 

 Turdus sibiricus, Naum. xiii. p. 348 ; Newton, i. p. 379, note ; 

 Harting, p. 101 ; Dresser, ii. p. 87. 



Sibiricus = Siberian, because Pallas first met with it in Siberia. 



This rare straggler from Eastern Asia to Europe is reported 

 to have been once shot in Surrey in the winter of 1860-61 

 ('The Field,' September 34, 1870). Another was shot in 

 Belgium, 1879. Its exact breeding-place is unknown.] 



Turdus merula. Blackbibd. 



Turdus Merula, Linn. S. N. i. p. 395 (1766). 



Turdus merula, Naum. ii. p. 336; Macg. ii. p. 81; Hewitson, 

 p. 91; Gray, p. 76; Yarr. ed. 3, i. p. 311; id. ed. 3, i. 

 p. 331; Newton, i. p. 380; Harting, p. 13; Dresser, ii. 

 p. 91. 



Merula vulgaris, Gould, ii. pi. 37. 



Blackbird, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 303. 



Merula = a Blackbird, in classical Latin. AVin to jieKas = black (Vanicek). 



A common resident in the British Islands. Breeds in tem- 

 perate and Southern Europe, eastwards to Palestine. The 

 northern birds winter on both shores of the Mediterranean. 



