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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 remarkably from that bird in flight 

 and habits. Disturbed from this 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, from which, when 

 again flushed, it flew back to its original feeding-ground. 

 T have shot, and shot at, many Woodcocks, and I am 

 quite sure that there are few sportsmen who would 

 not have raised their gun at it as a Woodcock. My 

 own opinion is that this bird was White's Thrush, but 

 I do not wish to force this opinion upon your readers. 

 I would merely remind them that the Woodcock -like 

 flight and terrestrial habits are among the characteristics 

 noted by Mr. K. F. Tomes in his description of White's 

 Thrush, quoted by Mr. Gould in his magnificent work, 

 The Birds of Great Britain. Clifton, September 26, 

 ISlir— Zoologist, 1871, p. 2845. 



White's Thrush. — "It is a curious coincidence that 

 two specimens of this rare Thrush have been this year 

 (1871) recorded in the Zoologist as occurring on succeed- 

 ing days ; the first seen in Kent by Lord Clifton on 

 January 5 ; the other killed on January 6, at Langsford, 

 in Somersetshire, as noted by Mr. Cecil Smith, and 

 I take the liberty of calling attention to this interesting 

 approximation of dates." — J. H. Gurney, Jan., November, 

 ISl I. —Zoologist, 1872, p. 2912. 



Collected Observations on White's Thrush. 

 (Turdus variiis. Pall.). By Edw. Newman. 



After giving the records of eleven instances of the 

 bird having been procured, he says: "In addition to 



