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FIELDFARE . — Tardus pilaris , ; 
Another large example of the British Thrushes is found in the Fieldfare. 
This bird is one of the migratory species, making only a winter visit to this 
country, and often meeting a yery inhospitable reception from the gun of the 
winter sportsboy. Yery seldom is it seen in this country till November, and is 
often absent until the cold month of December, when it makes its appearance in 
great flocks, searching eagerly for food over the fields. At this period of the 
year they are very wild, and can with difficulty be approached within gunshot, as 
I have often experienced in my younger days. 
