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the specimens actually ' obtained,' several others may be 

 mentioned as 'seen.' Of these are three good instances." 

 The second Lord Clifton records, at p. 2845 of the Zoo- 

 logist for 1871, that on January 5 of that year he saw a 

 bird which, on rising from some dead leaves in a wood, 

 he mistook for a Woodcock, to which its flight, or the 

 shape of its wings, or both, gave it a marked resem- 

 blance. His lordship continues : " On my advancing to 

 the spot, the bird again rose from some dead leaves 

 further on, and settled on a low tree near me. I then 

 saw that it was of the Thrush family, and resembled 

 the Missel-Thrush in size, though differing so remarkabl}' 

 from that bird in flight and habits. Disturbed from 

 the tree, the bird flew off with the same rapid, low. 

 Woodcock-like flight to another tree, perching on a very 

 low branch, and then dropping down among the dead 

 leaves again. My own opinion is that this bird was 

 White's Thrush, but I do not wish to force this opinion 

 on your readers. I would merely remind them that 

 the Woodcock-like flight and terrestrial habits are among 

 the characteristics noted by Mr. R. F. Tomes in his 

 description of White's Thrush:'— Zoologist, 1874, p. 4052. 



RED-BEEASTED THRUSH. 



Turclus migratorius* Linnaeus. -8. iV., i., p. 292 



(1766). 



American Robin. 



With regard to the occurrence of this species in Kent, 

 the only record of it is contained in a communication by 

 Mr. J. E. Harting to the Zoologist, 1877, which is sub- 

 joined. Although we do not agree to its being added to 



