. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. TURDIN^.. THE SONG-THRUSH. TuRDUS mt5sicus, Linnaeus. The Song-Thrush—known in the North as the Throstle or the Mavis—is generally distributed throughout the British Islands, being equally at home in summer in the cultivated regions of the south, or amongst the storm-swept, surf-lashed rocks of the Outer Hebrides (where the birds are small and dark, like the Hebridean Lepidoptera). In the Shetlands, however, it is of rare occurrence, and has seldom been known to nest. Especially in the north, a migratory movement takes place among our native bir
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. TURDIN^.. THE SONG-THRUSH. TuRDUS mt5sicus, Linnaeus. The Song-Thrush—known in the North as the Throstle or the Mavis—is generally distributed throughout the British Islands, being equally at home in summer in the cultivated regions of the south, or amongst the storm-swept, surf-lashed rocks of the Outer Hebrides (where the birds are small and dark, like the Hebridean Lepidoptera). In the Shetlands, however, it is of rare occurrence, and has seldom been known to nest. Especially in the north, a migratory movement takes place among our native birds in autumn, when considerable numbers visit us from the Continent. Northward the Song-Thrush has wandered to the desolate island of Jan Mayen (between Iceland and Spitsbergen, about 70° N. lat.). From Norway it breeds (chiefly in the forest region) across Europe and Asia to Lake Baikal; sparingly and at increasing elevations in the south of Europe, down to the Pyrenean chain, the north of Italy, and the Caucasus; while in winter it visits Madeira, the Canaries, Northern Africa, Nubia, Asia Minor, and Persia. The Song-Thrush is an early breeder, and young birds may some- times be found by the end of March. The well-known nest, with its smooth water-tight lining of rotten wood and dung, is generally B 2. 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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