THE 
BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE 
AND THE 
ISLE OF WIGHT. 
Order— PASSERES. 
Family — Turdidce. Sub-Family — Turdince 
Genus— T7irdus. 
1, Turdtis viscivorus, Missel-Thrush. 
Bull Thrush. Storm Cock. Holm Screech. 
Weather. Squawking Thrush (Isle of Wight). 
Wind Thrush (Dewar). 
A common resident throughout the county and Isle of 
Wight. 
After a mild winter, in the more open country of the 
Central Hill district, this species is as numerous as the 
song thrush, and numbers of nests are to be found in the 
thin copses — generally in oak and ash trees. 
" In general he is very successful in the defence of his 
family " — writes Gilbert White ^ — " but once I observed in 
my garden that several magpies came determined to storm 
the nest ; the dams defended their mansion with great 
vigour, and fought resolutely aris et focis ; but numbers 
^ Letter xxii. to Barrington. Selborne. September 13th, 1774. 
