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jMUSCICAPID.-E. 
September in the same year. Both these birds frequented the 
garden at Halligarth, and both were killed by cats, to which, 
no doubt, their familiar and confiding nature rendered them an 
easy prey. The first one, although feeding almost without 
intermission during the whole day, was occasionally to be seen 
catching small moths within an hour of midnight. 
III. MEBULIBjE. 
THE MISSEL THKUSH. 
T Urdus viscivorus. 
The Fieldfare and the Bed wing are sometimes confounded 
with this bird by those few Shetlanders who, having woodcuts 
to refer to, are misled by the spotted breast. Thomas Edmond- 
ston, in a MS. note to his Fauna of Shetland,’’ remarks that 
the two individuals, supposed to be Missel Thrushes, shot by 
himself out of a flock in the month of May, were but Eed- 
wings, beyond all doubt and he further states that the Eed- 
wing, like several other species, was merely inserted upon the 
authority of older observers. The very few Missel Thrushes 
which do visit us apj)ear in hard weather, doubtless for tem- 
porary shelter ; but they are as shy here as elsewhere. 
THE FIELDEAEE. 
Turdus f Haris. 
The Fieldfare has never been known to breed in the Shetland 
Isles, but sometimes lingers even as late as the end of May. 
At the time of my first visit (1854), it might still be con- 
sidered a rather rare species, though known occasionally to 
rest on its way southwards in spring.”* Gradually, however, it 
has since become quite common in autumn and spring, large 
* Doubtless a misprint for northwards (Zool., 1844, p. 460). 
