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THRUSH, WHITE'S. 



TURDTJS WHITEI, Eyton. 



This species appears to be widely scattered, 

 being found not only in parts of Europe, but in 

 Japan, Java, Australia, and Southern Siberia. On 

 the banks of the Elbe at Hamburg, it has been 

 shot ; and two specimens are recorded to have been 

 obtained in this country, namely, one by the Earl 

 of Malmesbury, on his estate at Heron Court, near 

 Christchurch, and the other was killed in the New 

 Forest. Of the habits of the White Thrush little 

 appears to be known. The large size of its wings 

 indicates that it is possessed of considerable migra- 

 torial powers. Of its breeding places nothing is 

 known. 



TITMOUSE, BEAEDED. 



PABFS BIARMICUS, Lin. 



This handsome bird is said to be extensively dis- 

 persed over the Continent, inhabiting the marshy 

 borders of rivers and lakes. In England it is 

 found chiefly along the banks of the Thames, and 

 in Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincoln. It 



