ILLUSTRATIONS 
OF 
BRITISH BIRDS. 
INSESSOBES. 
DENTIROSTRES, MERULIDM. 
PLATE XLVL 
MISSEL THRUSH. 
Merula viscivora. {Ray.) 
This very beautiful species exceeds in point of size all 
our British Thrushes, and we believe is also superior in this 
respect to all the remaining species of the Merulidse common 
to Europe. In England it is of far less frequent occurrence 
than the song-thrush, and is partially distributed, preferring 
well-wooded and rather elevated districts. It is resident 
throughout the year with us, but more frequently seen in 
winter than in summer, as its wants at that season overcome 
its usual shyness, and it approaches nearer to our gardens, 
and visits hedge-rows in search of berries. It is a bird of 
unsocial habits, and in some parts of the Continent, where it 
is migratory, it is observed to travel alone, or, at most, in 
VOL. II. 
B 
