Class 2. BIRDS. 
Sub-class AVUS CABINAT^. 
Series ^GITHOGNATH^. 
Ordei l. PASSERES. 
Sub-order 0SCINE8. 
Section 1. OSCINES DENTIROSTEES. 
Family TURDID^E. 
I. Turdus viscivorus,.i. Missel-Thrush. 
Common, and resident in the south-east, and has much in- 
creased within the last twenty years; much reduced, how- 
ever, by the two severe winters of 1878-79 and 1880-81 ; 
now again regaining its numbers. Said to have bred at 
Loch ISTaver by Selby in 1834. 
In the west and north rare, up to 1865, but at that 
time breeding and increasing as far north as Caithness ; 
now breeding commonly about Eosehall, and reaching as 
far as Tongue. Said to have bred at Cape Wrath, but 
this is doubtful. In 1875 we took a nest at Eosehall, the 
first we had seen in the district, and in 1878 saw the 
remains of an old one near Loch Inver. Seen commonly 
since that time, especially about Eosehall, but still not 
seen in the west. Eeported as "quite disappeared" at 
Tongue in 1881, though before that date " abundant," the 
severe winters having rapidly decreased their numbers. 
Can now be only looked upon as occasional at Tongue. 
In 1886, however, nests were again found near Syre, in 
Strath ISTaver, by Savile G. Eeid. 
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