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in September 1788. In France it has been obtained at least once; for there is, or was, a spe- 

 cimen in the Marseilles Museum, which was killed near there in October 1840. According to 

 Count Salvadori (Faun, d'ltal. ii. p. 78) an adult bird, now in the collection of Count Turati, in 

 Milan, was bought by De Negri in the Genoa market in 1863; a second, in the Museo civico di 

 Roveretto, was captured near Borgo di Valsugana, in October 1854 ; a third was killed near Genoa 

 on the 17th October 1870 ; and a fourth is in the Museo civico of that town. Dr. Althammer 

 (Rev. de Zool. 1861, p. 553) records the occurrence of a female in the Tyrol in 1861; one is 

 stated (Isis, 1845, p. 564) to have been purchased in the Vienna market; and Herr von Pelzeln 

 states (I. c.) that there is one in the Vienna Museum, obtained at Aspang, which was bought of 

 Parreyss. 



In Asia this Thrush is chiefly met with in the far east. It does not appear to occur in 

 India; and though found in Western Siberia, it is but rare there. Gmelin obtained it at 

 Krasnojarsk, and Steller on the shores of Lake Baikal. In the latter locality, according to 

 Dr. Dybowski (J. f. O. 1872, p. 436), "it is not uncommon, but very shy and difficult to shoot. 

 It passes on migration, in company with other Thrushes, from the middle of May to the 

 beginning of June. Its note differs from that of the common Thrush ; and its call when on 

 passage is a peculiar but melodious whistle. It does not occur in the autumn, but it probably 

 breeds at no great distance, as it remains here for long when on passage." Dr. Radde obtained 

 three examples, on the spring passage, at Kulussutajeffsk, on the Tarei Nor. Colonel Prjevalsky 

 states (Rowl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 200) that he found one dead on the Northern Ala-shan desert, 

 where it doubtless perished from hunger, and he shot one late in April at Lake Hanka, in the 

 Ussuri country. Pere Armand David found it wintering in the mountains of Fokien, and adds 

 (Ois. de la Chine, p. 158) that it is found regularly on passage at Pekin, but always in small 

 numbers. 



Mr. Swinhoe records it from China generally and Formosa; and it has been obtained in 

 Japan, where it is said to be frequently offered for sale in the Yokohama market in winter. 



It ranges tolerably far south ; for Mr. Gould has received one from Manilla, and I have 

 examined one in the collection of the Marquis of Tweeddale from the same locality, and one 

 from Tonghoo. 



But little is known respecting the habits of this rare bird. Mr. Tomes, in an excellent 

 article on this species (Ibis, 1859, p. 379), gives some details respecting the habits of one of these 

 Thrushes, and the locality where it was killed in England, which I transcribe as follows: — 

 " I may commence by stating that the village of Welford, five miles west of Stratford-on-Avon, 

 where the specimen was obtained, is situated in a bend of the Avon, and that the soil is a rich 

 alluvium. Its position is highly favourable for the growth of timber and fruit trees ; and it is 

 well shrouded in orchards and small enclosures, fringed with their hedge-rows and ivied elms, 

 affording a favourite haunt for many of the smaller birds, with a good supply of cherries and 

 other fruits in the summer months, and of berries through the autumn and winter seasons. 

 From a cherry orchard, a few miles down stream, I obtained, a few years since, a specimen of 

 the Rose-coloured Pastor ; and Starlings and Thrushes abound. Of insect feeders there is an 

 equally good supply ; and I have had more than one opporunity of inspecting the nesting of the 

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 



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