﻿BIBDS. 
  

  

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  Birds 
  appeared 
  the 
  Missel- 
  Thrush 
  was 
  not 
  numerous, 
  for 
  he 
  

   says, 
  in 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  121 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hebrides, 
  or 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  divisions 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  In 
  

   the 
  middle 
  division 
  of 
  that 
  country 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  rare, 
  although 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  it 
  there, 
  even 
  among 
  the 
  Grampians." 
  In 
  the 
  

   N. 
  S. 
  A. 
  of 
  Aberdeenshire 
  the 
  Missel- 
  Thrush 
  is 
  only 
  mentioned 
  

   three 
  times, 
  viz., 
  for 
  the 
  parishes 
  of 
  Strathdon, 
  Methlick, 
  and 
  

   Lumphanan, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  was 
  rare 
  or 
  

   not 
  well 
  known 
  ; 
  but 
  when 
  we 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  1855, 
  when 
  

   MacGillivray's 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Deeside 
  and 
  Braemar 
  was 
  

   published, 
  he 
  says, 
  at 
  page 
  400 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  lower 
  

   tracts 
  and 
  wooded 
  parts 
  of 
  valleys, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  

   about 
  Ballater 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  up 
  to 
  Mar 
  Lodge." 
  

  

  Turdus 
  musicus, 
  Linn. 
  Song-Thrush. 
  " 
  Mavis." 
  

   "Throstle." 
  

  

  Common 
  and 
  resident, 
  but 
  in 
  autumn 
  it 
  makes 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  journeys 
  from 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  to 
  another, 
  and 
  in 
  

   doing 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  to 
  strike 
  against 
  lighthouses 
  in 
  its 
  

   flight 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  In 
  these 
  migrations 
  the 
  Thrush 
  

   frequently 
  becomes 
  exhausted, 
  and 
  takes 
  refuge 
  on 
  any 
  

   passing 
  vessel 
  ; 
  but 
  if 
  such 
  is 
  not 
  near, 
  it 
  is 
  drowned, 
  and 
  

   subsequently 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  cast 
  upon 
  the 
  beach. 
  This 
  fine 
  

   songster 
  frequents 
  woods 
  and 
  plantations, 
  where, 
  in 
  low 
  trees 
  

   and 
  bushes, 
  it 
  builds 
  its 
  nest 
  and 
  rears 
  its 
  young, 
  and 
  cheers 
  

   the 
  thoughtful 
  with 
  its 
  charming 
  song. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  worms 
  

   and 
  slugs, 
  seeds 
  and 
  berries, 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  fruit-grower 
  

   considerable 
  trouble 
  in 
  preserving 
  strawberries 
  and 
  wall-fruit 
  

   from 
  its 
  depredations. 
  

  

  Turdus 
  iliacus, 
  Linn. 
  Redwing. 
  

  

  This 
  handsome 
  bird 
  visits 
  " 
  Dee 
  " 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  

   in 
  autumn, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  regular 
  in 
  its 
  appearance 
  ; 
  some 
  

   seasons 
  few 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  while 
  in 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  abundant. 
  

   During 
  its 
  stay 
  it 
  feeds 
  upon 
  the 
  various 
  wild 
  fruits 
  it 
  

   can 
  find, 
  while 
  in 
  open 
  fields 
  and 
  meadows 
  it 
  makes 
  careful 
  

   search 
  for 
  worms, 
  snails, 
  slugs, 
  and 
  insects. 
  As 
  the 
  winter 
  

   approaches 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  becomes 
  more 
  severe, 
  it 
  passes 
  

   further 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  

  

  