. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. BRITISH THE MISTLE-THRUSH. TuRDUs viscfvoRUS, Linnaeus. Owing perhaps to the increase of plantations during the present century, the Mistle-Thrush, the largest resident species of the genus, has extended its breeding-range northward to Caithness, Suther- land and West Ross, as well as to some of the Hebrides; but to the Orkneys it is chiefly a wanderer, very rarely breeding, and has seldom been recorded from the Shetlands. Until about the year 1800 it was unknown in Ireland, where it is now sedentary and increasing; while in England and
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. BRITISH THE MISTLE-THRUSH. TuRDUs viscfvoRUS, Linnaeus. Owing perhaps to the increase of plantations during the present century, the Mistle-Thrush, the largest resident species of the genus, has extended its breeding-range northward to Caithness, Suther- land and West Ross, as well as to some of the Hebrides; but to the Orkneys it is chiefly a wanderer, very rarely breeding, and has seldom been recorded from the Shetlands. Until about the year 1800 it was unknown in Ireland, where it is now sedentary and increasing; while in England and Wales it is of general distri- bution, though commoner in the wooded districts. Emigration takes place from the colder portions of our islands in autumn and winter, when, on the other hand, large flocks arrive from the Continent. This species breeds from Bodo in Norway southward, throughout suitable portions of temperate Europe to the extremity of the B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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