Meyer says that in the Baltic provinces it is " found in pine-woods, but is rarer than the other 

 Thrushes, migrating southwards in winter." In Germany it is plentiful ; and Dr. Finsch informs 

 us that he found it breeding in colonies in the Riesengebirge and Silesia. Mr. H. M. Labouchere 

 writes to us : — " The Missel-Thrush only visits Holland in autumn on its way south ; a few 

 instances, however, are on record of this bird having bred in the province of Groningen ; but this 

 is a very rare occurrence." In Belgium, De Selys-Longchamps gives it as " rare, and occasional 

 on passage from late in the autumn to the early part of the spring : migrates singly." Kramer 

 says that in Alsace it is " resident from April to September on the mountains and plains. This 

 Thrush, which inhabits by preference more northern countries, lives equally in the forests of fir 

 on the Vosges, as well as in the pine-forests of Gendertheim." According to Degland and Gerbe, 

 it is " common in France, stationary in the south, and migratory in Provence and Lorraine ; some, 

 however, are also sedentary in the north of France." Bailly records it as " sedentary in Savoy, 

 although a certain number leave us in the autumn in families or small flocks." Mr. Howard 

 Saunders writes to us : — " In Southern Spain this species has only come under my notice from 

 October to April, and a large portion evidently continue their journey southwards; it probably 

 breeds sparingly in the mountains, and it certainly does so north of the Sierra Morena, whence I 

 have eggs. I also found it nesting in Aragon;" and Major Irby sends us the following note: — 

 " In one instance this species nested near Gibraltar, but is chiefly migratory, arriving in October, 

 and is not very common." In Portugal it is plentiful, according to Professor Barboza du Bocage. 

 In Italy it is also abundant, and breeds there; and Malherbe writes: — "Not common in Sicily, 

 where in the winter it is found on the plains, in the gardens, and on the small hills. In spring it 

 proceeds to the wooded mountains to breed. It nests near Messina, in the forest of Fiumedinisi." 

 Mr. C. A.Wright, in his List of the Birds of Malta, states as follows: — "A specimen was 

 procured by me on the 1st February, 1861, and another by Mr. J. Home on the 2nd December 

 the same year. I obtained a third in the winter of 1862, and two others in the autumn of 1863." 

 Loche says it is " not common in Algeria, and probably only found during migration." Mr. 

 Osbert Salvin writes : — " On passing through the Waregra country, near the Tunisian frontier, I 

 shot several of these birds, and saw others." In Tangier and Eastern Morocco, Mr. C. F. Tyr- 

 whitt Drake says it is very common. 



Lord Lilford observes that is "not very abundant in Corfu and Epirus in the winter, but 

 more so in Continental Greece." Lindermayer says that in Greece it is rare in the south of the 

 country in winter; but Von der Miihle records it as breeding in the high mountains of Rumelia. 

 Messrs. Elwes and Buckley found it common in Turkey ; and Mr. Kobson writes to us from 

 Ortakeuy : — " This species is numerous in Turkey and Asia Minor, and quantities are shot by 

 sportsmen for the table in winter. In the middle of October numbers arrive, and pass into Asia 

 Minor in flocks, repassing into Europe in the beginning of April ; many stay over the winter and 

 feed on the berries of the mountain-ash, ivy, &c. They also feed in small flocks on mountains 

 and plains, eating grasshoppers, larvse of insects, &c. In summer they are rarely ever seen away 

 from the large woods, which they continue to inhabit and there bring up their young. Many 

 of these birds are much more spotted than others and of a much darker yellow, and correspond 

 with varieties found in the north of England in winter. They are never seen in summer in the 

 ] iiuks and cultivated grounds near the Bosphorus." The late Mr. Strickland found it near 



