SIBERIAN THRUSH. 



TURDUS SIBIRICUS, Pall. 



Turdus sibiricus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reicbs, iii. App. p. 694 

 (1776) ; Naum. xiii. p. 348; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 279, note ; 

 Dresser, ii. p. 87. 



Sibirische Drossel, German. 



The only capture of this bird, as yet recorded in 

 Great Britain, is said to have taken place in the winter 

 of 1860-61, between Guildford and Godalming ; the 

 specimen in question was sent to Mr. F. Bond by a 

 dealer as a variety of the Redwing. Mr. H. Saunders 

 (' Manual of British Birds,' p. 12) does not consider the 

 evidence sufficient to warrant the introduction of this 

 species into the British list, but mentions that he believed 

 that another specimen was picked up at Bonclmrch in 

 the winter of 1874. Without any wish to enter into the 

 much debated question as to what constitutes the claim of 

 this or of any other bird to a place in the British fauna, 

 I think that, granting the fact in the present instance, 

 that a bird of this species was killed in England, the 

 probability is strongly in favour of its having been a 

 dona fide traveller, and not an " escaped " bird. At all 

 events, I do not anticipate that my subscribers will 

 object to the accompanying plate. The breeding-home 



