WHITE- AND RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROATS. 15 
with an unspotted blue breast, at Bonchurch, in the 
Isle of Wight, which remained in that neighbourhood 
for about two years from April, 1865. It was the subject 
of several notes in the "Zoologist" during 1865, 1866, and 
1867 (" Ornithological Notes from the Isle of Wight"), and 
when first noticed was in immature plumage, but in 
November, 1865, had assumed adult plumage, " the breast 
being now of a pure and spotless blue." On January 12th, 
1866, he also saw a bluethroat, an immature bird, in the 
same locality, and was inclined to believe that it was bred 
in the Undercliff. 
13. Cyanecula suecica. Red-spotted Bluethroat. 
A rare accidental visitor. 
It has been chiefly noticed in the Isle of Wight, for one 
was seen at Shanklin on September 17th, 1866 (Hadfield)^ ; 
one shot at Steephill, and another seen by Mr. Smith, of 
Newport, in June, 1888 (Hadfield)^; in September, 1903, 
an adult male was caught alive in an exhausted condition 
and with a broken wing at Yaverland, it was kept alive for 
several days, but, unfortunately, not preserved when it 
died. (Poole.) 
Another was shot at Eastney, near the Barrack Gate, 
some years ago, by Corporal Strange, R.M.A., and was 
stuffed by Artlett, in whose possession Careless saw it. 
(Pearce.) 
* " Zoologist," April, 1866. » Zoologist," 1867. 3 " Zoologist," 1889. 
