66 The Naturalist in Siluria. 



but hunger ; and very likely the Missel Thrush, to the 

 manner born, and able to subsist on mistletoe berries. 



MISSEL THEDSH. 



with those of the ivy and others the snow cannot all cover 

 up, is thus preserved in undiminished numbers. 



CHAFFINCH, OR BACHELOR BIRD. 



Fringilla Goelebs — Bachelor Finch — the name which 

 Linnseus bestowed upon the Chaffinch, is a misnomer — at 

 least, in Silui'ia. The Swedish naturalist has said that 

 "before winter all the hen Chaffinches migrate through 

 Holland into Italy." The remark, of course, refers to 

 Sweden ; but commenting upon it, the famed naturalist of 



