THE ROCK-THRUSH. 



{Montitola saxatilis.) 



' I 'HE Rock-Thrush is a brightly plumaged 

 -*■ species and belongs to a group of birds prin- 

 cipally alpine in their distribution, and confined 

 to the Old World. Like the Redstarts, the Rock- 

 Thrush has a red tail, and appears to be inter- 

 mediate in form between the latter birds and the 

 true Thrushes. Like the Redstarts, it lays blue 

 eggs, some of which are sometimes faintly marked 

 with specks of light brown at the larger end. 



Though two or three instances of the capture 

 of this beautiful bird in England have been re- 

 corded, yet only one is believed to be authentic, so 

 that the Rock-Thrush may be taken to be one of 



