PASSEKES. ( 22 ) TUKDIDM. 



WHITE'S THRUSH. 



Turdus varius. 



Ay farest fadcris hes f arrest fowlis , 

 Suppois thay half no sang hot youlis. 



W. Dunbar. 



The only specimen of this very rare bird which has been 

 obtained in Scotland, was got at Hardacres, in the Parish 

 of Eccles, Berwickshire, as recorded by Mr. Andrew 

 Brotherston, who, writing in the History of the Berivickshire 

 Naturalists^ Club} says: — "During the last week of De- 

 cember 1878, a specimen of this very rare and beautiful 

 thrush was shot by Mr. Forbes Burn at Hardacres, Berwick- 

 shire. Not being aware of its rarity, unfortunately only 

 a portion of the bird was saved, — the head and wings 

 unskinned, with part of the skin of the breast and back, — 

 and forwarded to me on the 22nd January following, to pre- 

 serve as an ornament for a lady's hat. I immediately took 

 the necessary steps to try and secure what was left of it 

 for the Ornithological Collection of the Tweedside Physical 

 and Antiquarian Society, which were successful, the owner 

 very kindly and promptly presenting it to the Society. Mr. 

 Burn told me that it resembled a hawk when on the wing ; 

 and that some small birds which were feeding on the 

 ground took flight at its approach. I am much indebted 

 to Professor Newton, who has seen and examined this 

 specimen, for a large amount of interesting information 



1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. viii. pp. 518, 519, 520. 



