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THRUSH NIGHTINGALE. 



Sylvia Turdoides, MEYER. 



Philomela Turdoides, BLYTH. GOULD. 



Sylvia. SylvaA wood. Turdoides. TurduA. Thrush. 



Eidos The form, figure, or likeness of a thing. 



THIS species occurs throughout Silesia, Bohemia, Pomerania, 

 Franconia, and other parts of Germany; and is plentiful also 

 in Hungary, Austria, and Poland, but' more rare in France. 



Mr. Gould says that it is generally found in woods situated 

 on the tops of hills, and also in plains, particularly those in 

 the neighbourhood of ruilning streams. 



One of these birds, a male, was captured near the village 

 of Swalwell, three or four miles west of Newcastle, 'the New- 

 castle that is upon Tyne,' by Mr. Thomas Eobson, of the 

 former place. Another is recorded by Mr. Edward Newman 

 in the 'Zoologist,' page 3476, as having been shot near 

 Dartford, in Kent, on the 8th. of May, 1852. Mr. John 

 Hancock procured the egg of another from Northamptonshire; 

 and N. Howe, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, has informed 

 me that two eggs of this rare British bird were taken at Stad- 

 discombe, near Plymouth, in Devonshire, in 1850, and that 

 the Rev. H. Eoundell procured others in Kent. 



Its song, which is chiefly heard by night, is strong, loud, 

 and deep; but, though more powerful, not so melodious as 

 that of the Nightingale. 



The nest is built in small thickets, but most frequently 

 in low and damp situations. 



The eggs are of a brownish olive colour, stained with deep 

 brown. 



Male; bill, dark brown; head, crown, neck on the back, and 

 nape, dark brown; chin, white; throat, whitish; breast, clear 



