THRUSHES 345 



Dresser, who inquired into the circumstance ("Birds 

 of Europe "), rejected its claims to be included in the 

 list of British birds ; and Mr. A. G. More subse- 

 quently showed that it was erroneously reported 

 to have been killed in Ireland (Zool., 1880, p. 67). 



Fam. TURDIDiE. 



WHITE'S THRUSH. Turdus varius, Pallas. Length 

 12-5 in. ; bill, 1*25 in. ; wing, 6*25 in. ; tarsus, 1"4 in. 



Hah. Siberia, China, Japan, and Formosa. 



One, Christchurch, Hants, Jan. 24, 1828>: Eyton, "Rarer 



Brit. Birds," p. 92 ; Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds," 4th ed., 



i. p. 251, figured. In collection of Lord Malmsbury. 

 One, New Forest : Yarrell, op. cit. ; Wise, " New Forest," 



p. 314. In the collection of Mr. Bigge. 

 One, Bandon, Cork, Dec. 1842: Allman, Ann. Nat. Hist, 



xi. p. 78 ; and Thompson, " Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," i. 



p. 128 ; Harvey, " Fauna of Cork," p. 6. In the Museum, 



Trinity College, Dublin, 

 One, Welford, Stratford-on-Avon, Jan. 26, 1859: Tomes, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 379. 

 One, Ballymahon, co. Longford, spring 1867: Blake Knox, 



Zool, 1870, pp. 2019, 2060 ; More, " List of Irish Birds," 



p. 8 ; Ussher, " Birds of Ireland," p. 5. 

 One, Hestercombe, Somerset, Jan. 1870 : Cecil Smith, 



Zool, 1870, p. 2018. 

 One seen, Cleveland, Yorkshire, spring of 1870: Atkinson, 



Zool., 1870, p. 2142. 

 One, Almondbury Bank, near Huddersfield : Beaumont, 



Hvddersfield Nat, 1864, p. 217. 

 One seen (a doubtful instance), Cobham, Kent, Jan. 5, 



1871 : Lord Clifton, ZooL, 1871, p. 2845. 

 One, Langsford, Somerset, Jan. 7, 1871 : Cecil Smith, 



ZooL, 1871, p. 2607 ; Byne, Field, May 6, 1871. 



