50 PALE THRUSH. 



of Turin — one in November, 1827, and the other in November, 1828. 

 Bonelli thought they belonged to a new species, which he called T. 

 Werneri, by which name they were described by Gene in the Memoirs 

 of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin. We must notice that 

 the figure which accompanies this Memoir is very bad, while the above 

 individuals are perfectly represented in pi. 357 of Naumaun. He 

 thought T. Werneri of Gene was different from T. pallens, which he 

 figured and described, perhaps because he did not recognise it in the 

 bad drawing given by Gen^. Blasius, however, in his list of European 

 birds, refers this species in error to T. pallidus, Gm. {Daidius, Tem.) 

 a species which is quite different, and which besides ought to be 

 excluded from the list of European birds, as its appearance in Europe 

 was founded only on two individuals, which ought not to be referred 

 to T. pallidas, Gm., but certainly to T. pallens, Pallas, which perhaps 

 Bonaparte erroneously thought was synonymous with T. obscurus, Gm. 

 Gray has recently fallen into the same error, of wrongly annexing to 

 the list of birds taken in Italy that of T. pallidus, Gm. — H. L., p. 

 256, sp. 3723. 



This Thrush is found in most parts of Asia. The Museum of Turin 

 possesses one individual from Malacca, obtained during the Voyage of 

 the Magenta. The two specimens from the Turin Museum are the 

 only specimens taken in Italy. One of these has been transferred to 

 the Museum of Pisa." 



Naumann, Op. cit., p. 293, writes, "The Pale Thrush is, according 

 to Pallas, very common in Siberia, especially in bushes on the banks 

 of the rivers of Dauria, and in the mountain forests near Lake Baikal. 

 Also it has been met with latterly in Java and on the Himalayas, 

 thus spreading over a great part of Asia in its periodical wandering. 

 In the autumn it goes southwards, and in the spring back again 

 towards the north to nest and pass the summer. From those parts 

 of Siberia laying nearest to us a few stragglers, mostly inexperienced 

 young birds, take a more westerly course, according to wind and 

 weather, and pass through New Russia, Poland, as far as Silesia, 

 Saxony, Prussia, and other provinces of Germany. It has been 



several times observed during the last ten years I myself was so 



fortunate as to catch a young male in the trap of my brother at 

 Klenogerbst, on the 26th. of September. It has also been taken at 

 Herzberg, in Saxony, on the Hartz Mountains, and elsewhere, always 

 at the same time of year (viz: the beginning of autumn,) as the 

 Song' Thrush moves in its passage. 



It seems to have the same places of residence as the Song Thrush, 

 and appears with us always, it is true, as a rare bird, mostly in 



