HANDBOOK OF 
BRITISH INLAND BIRDS 
MISSEL THRUSH. 
{Turdus viscivorus.) 
Mistletoe Thrush, Stormcock, Screech Thrush, 
Holm-screech. — The Thrush family is represented 
in this country by six species, which include several 
of the most favourite and familiar British birds. 
Of these six, three — the Missel Thrush, Song 
Thrush, and Blackbird — are what is known as 
resident species ; one, the Ring Ouzel, is a sum- 
mer visitor, and two, the Fieldfare and Redwing, 
winter visitors, arriving in autumn from their 
breeding-places in Norway, Sweden, and Russia, 
and returning to them again in spring. 
But here it is advisable, at the outset of our 
description, to make some remarks about the use 
of the terms " resident birds " and " birds of pas- 
sage," which apply equally to this family and to 
most of those succeeding. It must be kept in 
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