344 HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



p. 131 ; G. R. Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3rd series), 



vol. xi. p. 229. 

 One, Treseo, Scilly, Nov. 5, 1865 : Rodd, op. cit. 

 One, Berwick-on-Tweed, Oct. 5, 1883 : fide G. Bolam. 

 One, Arklow Lightship, co. Wexford, Oct. 23, 1887: 



Barrington, Zool., 1888, p. 391. 

 One, Scarborough, Oct. 23, 1889: Cordeaux, Nat, 1890, 



p. 14 ; Zool, 1891, p. 362. Collection of Sir V. Crewe. 

 One, Cley, Norfolk, Sept. 13, 1890 : Proc. Zool. Soc, 1890, 



p. 616 ; Ogilvie, Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, vol. v. p. 197. 

 One, Teraght Rock, Kerry, Oct. 20, 1890: Zool, 1891. 

 One, Tory Is., Donegal, Oct. 28, 1894: Ussher, p. 48. 

 Two, Cley, Norfolk, Oct. 1894, Sept. 1896 : Zool, 1895-97. 

 One, Rollesby, Norfolk, Dec. 12, 1896 : Coll. Connop. 

 One, off Wexford, Sept. 24, 1898, ih. 



Fam. PETROCINCLIU^. 



ROCK THRUSH. Petrocincla saxatilis (Linnaeus). 

 Length, 7*5 in. ; bill, 0*8 in. ; wing, 4"75 in. ; tarsus, 

 lin. 



Hah. Alpine districts of Central and Southern Europe. 



One, Thorfield, near Royston, May 19, 1843 : Yarrell, " Brit. 



Birds." Formerly in the collection of Mr. Thurnall, at 



whose sale it was bought by Mr. F. Newcome for £7. 

 One, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, 1852 : Bedlington, 



Nat, 1856, p. 21 (doubtful). 

 One or more erroneously reported to have been shot at 



Freshwater, Isle of Wight (Zool., 1867, pp. 823, 913). 

 One seen on the Overton Hills, near Frodsham, Cheshire, 



April 4, 1890: Fryer, Zool., 1890, p. 187. Qu^re 



whether this may not have been a Ring Ouzel on 



its spring migration. 



Ohs. The Blue Thrush, Petrocossyphus cyaneus, 

 is said to have been killed in co. Meath in Nov. 

 1866 (Zool, 1870, p. 2019); but Messrs. Sharpe and 



