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Perching Birds. 
THE SIBERIAN 
GROUND -THRUSH. 
(Geocichla sibirica.) 
As its name implies this is an inhabitant of Siberia, where 
it breeds in the valleys of the Lena and Yenesei Rivers. A 
specimen in the British Museum was presented by Mr. 
Frederic Bond, and was said to have been killed in Surrey, 
near Guildford. A second occurrence in the Isle of Wight has also been surmised, 
and as the species migrates from its Siberian home as far as the Malayan countries, 
and has occurred in many places on the continent of Europe, there is nothing to be 
wondered at in its occasional capture in England. 
In Siberia it is a very shy bird during the breeding season, and, though not 
uncommon, it is a very difficult species to observe, as it keeps to the woods and 
searches for food upon the ground among the dead leaves. Mr. H. L. Popham 
noticed this Thrush, remarkable for its dark grey colour and conspicuous white 
eyebrow, during his expedition 
to the Yenesei, and says that it 
was often heard to make a few 
rich notes from the top of a tree, 
but was extremely wary. The 
eggs, which he found in the 
Yenesei valley, were pale blue, 
with distinct spots of reddish- 
brown. 
i White’s Thrush. 2— The Black-throated Ouzel ( p . 69). 3— The Rock Thrush (/>. 75.) 
4— I he Gold-vented Bulbul (p. S3). 5 — The Siberian Thrush. 6— The American Robin (p. 72). 
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