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INSUSSOEHS. (Perchers.) 
Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor ; rare : occasional visitant in 
some parts of England, and generally, though not always, 
in the winter. One killed at Gweek, near Helston. 
Lesser Grey Shrike or Pose-breasted Shrike, lamus minor, 
Cornish ; Scilly Isles. A specimen of this Shrike was killed 
at Scilly in the month of November 1851. (See Corr. and 
notices in “ Zoologist” for the year 1867. See also further 
particulars of this new British species in Gould’s “ Birds of 
Great Britain,” Article £. minor.) 
Red-backed Shrike, L. collurio ; summer visitant, not numerous, 
and at uncertain intervals ; nest large for the size of the 
bird, and much exposed. 
Woodchat Shrike, L. Rufus ; very rare ; an adult bird caught in 
a boat, near Scilly. In the autumn of 1 849 several examples 
of the young of the year were captured on the Scilly Isles. 
Spotted Flycatcher, Musieapa grisola ; generally distributed. 
Pied Flycatcher, M. luctuosci ; not recorded as a Cornish species 
till the autumn of 1849, when one was captured at Alverton, 
Penzance ; others have since been taken at Scilly. 
Red-breasted Flycatcher, M. parm ; Carwythenack, Constantine, 
and SciUy. (See Gould’s “ Birds of Europe.”) 
Common Dipper, Cinclus aquaticus ; East Cornwall : frequents 
rocky mountain streams. 
Missel Thrush, Turdus viscivorus ; generally distributed . 
White’s Thrush, T. Whitei. A specimen of this rare thrush, 
in very perfect plumage, was killed near Trewithen, in 
Probus, a short time since. 
Fieldfare, T. pilaris ; winter visitant : after severe frost there 
is always a great accession of numbers throughout this and 
the western counties, from their retreating as far southward 
and westward as possible for a less rigorous climate ; a short 
duration of severe frost appears to prostrate the powers of 
this and the following species. 
Redwing, T. iliaca, Cornish; winter visitant. (See previous re- 
marks on the fieldfare.) 
Song Thrush, T. nmsica ; generally distributed. 
Blackbird, T. vulgaris ; generally distributed. 
Ring Ouzle, T. torquato ; summer visitant. More common on 
the eastern moors, where they breed. 
