Identifier: ibis35brit (find matches)
Title: Ibis
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Union
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals
Publisher: (London) Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ht here many years ago, which, from his description, Itook to be the Barn-Owl. TURDUS MUSICUS. I include the Song-Thrush as a bird of St. Kilda on theauthority of Sir William Milner. It probably occurs onmigration. TuRDus TLiAcus. Smcorach. The Redwing is seen on St. Kilda during its annualmigration, in May and September, in flocks. Merula merula. Lon-dutha. The Blackbird visits St. Kilda on spring and autumnmigration, but never remains to breed. Saxicola (ENANTHE. Clacharau. The Wheatear is very common on St. Kilda, and is one ofthe most conspicuous land-birds as it flies to and fro overthe stony hillsides. I did not observe it on Doon. Troglodytes hirtensis, Seebohm. (Plate III.)The most interesting result of my trip to St. Kilda was thedetermination of its Wren, called Dhra-in-doun by thenatives. Although this little Wren was known to Martinnearly two hundred years ago, neither he nor any subse-quent naturalist had the least idea that the bird was difierent Itis 1885.pl m. ^^^.. /%
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J - & ,Keule:m.Eais Jit Ja. TROGLODYTES HIRTENSIS Hanhcurt imp OrmtJioIogij of St. Kilda. 81 from the Wren iuliabitiug the rest of the United Kingdom.This little stranger was introduced to the notice of ornitho-logists by Mr. Seebohm (Zoologist/ 1884, p. 333). Hewrites :—^ The St,-Kilda Wren most nearly resembles Tro-glodytes parvuJus pallescens from the Western AleutianIslands, but is much more distinctly barred on the back andhead, and almost free from any traces of spots on the throatand breast. In general colour it is quite as pale and slightlygreyer than examples of Troglodytes parvulus pallidus fromAlgeria and Turkestan. The bill resembles that of Troglo-dytes parvulus borealis from the Faroe Islands. The eye-stripe is as distinct as in typical examples from Europe, acharacter which is least developed in T. parvulus nipalensisand T. j)arvulus fumigatus. I had not been on St. Kilda long before the little birdarrested my attention, as it flew from rock to rock, or glidedin a

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