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winter 1860-61 : sent to Bond as a variety of the Red- 

 wing, and identified by Blyth, Field, Sept. 24, 1870. 

 See also Zool., 1889, p. 415, and Bucknill, "Birds of 

 Surrey," p. 16. In the British collection. Natural 

 History Museum, South Kensington. 



Ohs. Mr. Howard Saunders has reason to believe 

 that another specimen was picked up at Bonchurch, 

 Isle of Wight, in the winter of 1874 [Trans. Norf. 

 Nat, Soc, vol. iv. p. 629). 



RED-BREASTED THRUSH (AMERICAN ROBIN), 



Turdus migratorius, Linnseus. Length, 9 in; bill, 

 0*9 in. ; wing, 5-25 in. ; tarsus, 1-25 in. 



Hab. North America, Alaska, and part of Greenland, 

 migrating southwards in autumn. 



One caught alive, Dover, April 1876 : Harting, Zool., 



1877, p. 14. 

 One shot at Springmount, Shanakill, co. Dublin, May 4, 



1891: Seebohm, Zool, 1891, p. 219, and Irish Nat, 



1892, p. 3. In the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, 

 One captured with Redwings, near Leicester, Oct. 1893, 



and kept alive to date of record : Langdale, Zool., 



1894, p. 459. 

 One near Southend, Shoeburyness, winter 1894-95. 



Ohs. This migratory Thrush has also occurred on 

 the Island of Heligoland, where one flew against 

 the lighthouse, and was picked up dead, on Oct. 14, 

 1874 (Giitke, "Die Vogelwarte Helgoland," p. 264). 

 Four other European occurrences are recorded 

 ("Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club," 1880, p. 68), one near 

 Berlin and three in Austria. Under these circum- 

 stances we may fairly claim the American Robin as 

 a rare straggler to Europe and the British Islands. 



