. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . , June, andJuly. I have found them in every month but thelast. BemarLs.— Resident, but subject to southernmovement in winter. Song loud and defiant, butnot considered of much value by bird-fanciers, asit is said to be melancholy and made up of fiveor six broken strains; alarm note, a jarring kindof scream. Local and other names : Holm Thrush,Storm Cock, Holm Screech, Mistletoe Thrush,Missel Bird, Bell Throstle, Screech Thrush. Sitspretty closely, and makes a great deal of demonstra-tion when disturbed. THRUSH, SONG. Also
. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . , June, andJuly. I have found them in every month but thelast. BemarLs.— Resident, but subject to southernmovement in winter. Song loud and defiant, butnot considered of much value by bird-fanciers, asit is said to be melancholy and made up of fiveor six broken strains; alarm note, a jarring kindof scream. Local and other names : Holm Thrush,Storm Cock, Holm Screech, Mistletoe Thrush,Missel Bird, Bell Throstle, Screech Thrush. Sitspretty closely, and makes a great deal of demonstra-tion when disturbed. THRUSH, SONG. Also Thrush or Common Thrush. Description of Parent Birds.—Length about eightand a half inches. Bill of medium length, nearlystraight, and dusky. Irides hazel. Head, nape,back, Wings, rump, tail-coverts, and quills yellowish-brown, spotted with darker brown on the sides. MISSEL TtlRUSH 298 BRITISH BIRDS NESTS. of the liead, aud edged with a lighter tinge on thewing-qnills. Throat, breast, and under-parts paletawny yellow ; lighter on the vent aud under tail-coverts. The space from the throat to the thighsis studded with arrowhead-like spots. Legs andtoes pale brown ; claws darker. The female is smaller than the male, and thespots on her breast are larger and the ground colourlighter. Sifnation and Locality.—In evergreens, especiallyearly in the spring, hedgerows, bushes, in iyj growingagainst walls and trees, in holes and on ^throughsof dry walls; on ledges of rock, on beams and inholes of barns, and sometimes quite on the ground ;in woods, plantations, on commons, hedges, treesand bushes growing by the side of brooks. Ourillustration is from a photograph taken early inthe spring. Throughout the British Isles, withfew exceptions, and those where no cover is afforded. Materials.—Twigs, coarse grass, moss, and clay,with an inner lining of cow-dung o
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