. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . D VOLUME. Missel Thrush Japanese Thrush Fieldfare Song Thrush Redwing Blackbird Ring Ousel Golden Oriole Wheat-ear Whinchat Stonechat Redbreast Blue-breasted Warbler Redstart . Tithys Redstart Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Nightingale Blackcap . Garden Warbler Whitetliroat Lesser Whitethroat Dartford Warbler Chiff-Chaff . Wood Wren Willow Wren Golden-crested Wren PLATE PAGE 46. 1 47. 7 48. 11 49. 15 50. 21 51. 25 52. 29 53. 34 54. 38 55. 45 56. 50 57. 54 58. 63 59. 70 60. 76 61. 80 62. 86 63 91 64. 95 65. 103 66. 107
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . D VOLUME. Missel Thrush Japanese Thrush Fieldfare Song Thrush Redwing Blackbird Ring Ousel Golden Oriole Wheat-ear Whinchat Stonechat Redbreast Blue-breasted Warbler Redstart . Tithys Redstart Grasshopper Warbler Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Nightingale Blackcap . Garden Warbler Whitetliroat Lesser Whitethroat Dartford Warbler Chiff-Chaff . Wood Wren Willow Wren Golden-crested Wren PLATE PAGE 46. 1 47. 7 48. 11 49. 15 50. 21 51. 25 52. 29 53. 34 54. 38 55. 45 56. 50 57. 54 58. 63 59. 70 60. 76 61. 80 62. 86 63 91 64. 95 65. 103 66. 107 67. 109 68. 115 69. 121 70. 125 71. 131 72. 136 73. 142 I ONTBNTS. Fire-crested WrenWren Greater TitmouseBlue TitmouseMarsh TitmouseCole TitmouseCrested TitmouseLong-tailed TitmouseBearded TitmouseAlpine Accentor .Hedge AccentorPied WagtailGrey WagtailRays Yellow WagtailWhite WagtailGrey-headed WagtailRock Pipit LATE PAGE 74. 149 75. 152 76. 158 77. 164 78. 169 79. 173 80. 177 81. 181 82. 187 83. 193 84. 198 85. 204 86. 214 87. 218 88. 221 89. 226 90. 229. •7 :r, ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH BIRDS. MSESSORES. DENTIROSTRES. MERULIDM. PLATE XLVI. MISSEL THRUSH. Merula viscivora. {Ray.) This very beautiful species exceeds in point of size allour British Thrushes, and we believe is also superior in thisrespect to all the remaining species of the Merulidse commonto Europe. In England it is of far less frequent occurrencethan the song-thrush, and is partially distributed, preferringwell-wooded and rather elevated districts. It is residentthroughout the year with us, but more frequently seen inwinter than in summer, as its wants at that season overcomeits usual shyness, and it approaches nearer to our gardens,and visits hedge-rows in search of berries. It is a bird ofunsocial habits, and in some parts of the Continent, where itis migratory, it is observed to travel alone, or, at most, in VOL. II. B 2 small parties,—most probably the family of the preceding year,—and does n
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