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Another very richly coloured specimen, shot at 
Chyngton near Seaford by Mr. H. Molineux, was 
given to Mr. Monk and acquired with his collection. 
Another, shot near Lewes, June 22nd, 1891. 
Stuffed by Pratt for Mr. Monk. 
BLACK-THROATED THRUSH. 
Vast numbers of birds nest in the wilds of Siberia, 
multitudes of which, belonging to certain well-known 
species, migrate westwards and then southward in 
the autumn and winter ; other species, of which this 
is one, migrate due south, to spend the winter in 
India and other parts of Asia. But occasionally 
stragglers of these latter species appear to be led 
astray by the flocks of westerly migrants, and thus 
make their appearance at very rare intervals in 
western Europe and England. Our specimen is at 
present (1908) the only one of this species known to 
have occurred in Great Britain. It is a young male 
which was shot by a bricklayer near Lewes, 
December 23rd, 1868, and was taken the same day 
to Mr. Monk, with whose collection it was acquired 
in 1905. 
‘‘ Birds of Sussex,” p. 47. 
A second specimen has been obtained in Britain 
since this Suppiement was sent to the printers. It 
was shot at the end of January, 1909, near Newenden 
in Kent, close to the Sussex boundary. 
GREAT REED WARBLER. 
It is difficult to understand why certain birds, 
such as the Crested Lark, the Icterine Warbler and 
Tawny Pipit, which breed abundantly just on the 
other side of the Channel, and are themselves migra- 
tory, yet cross over so seldom to Britain as to be 
among our rarest visitors. 
This fine Warbler is one that nests commonly in 
Holland and Belgium and right along the southern 
