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allen’s naturalist’s library. 
at that date. Again, it must be remembered that this specimen 
was sold to Mr. Bond, not as a Siberian Thrush, but as a 
melanistic variety of the Redwing. Under these circumstances 
we think that the bird has a claim to be admitted into the List 
of British Birds, as a very rare and occasional visitor. 
Range outside the Eritish Islands. —The Siberian Ground-Thrush 
breeds in the valleys of the Lena and the Yenesei, between 67° 
and 68° N. lat., and also near Yokohama, in Japan. Its winter 
quarters arc in Southern China, Burma, and Tenasserim, and it 
ranges as far as Sumatra and Java. It also straggles to Europe, 
for, besides the reputed British occurrence, it has been captured 
in Germany on more than one occasion, and has been also re- 
corded from France, Belgium, Italy, and Turkey. 
Habits. — Scarcely anything has been recorded of the habits 
of this species. Mr. Seebohm tells how he met with the bird 
in Siberia, not far from the village of Koorayika, on the Arctic 
Circle, but it was so shy and wary that he did not succeed in 
shooting a specimen till the 19th of June. In a dense birch 
plantation, where the snow had recently melted and had left 
exposed a dense bed of leaves, the accumulations of some years, 
he saw a dark bird with a white eyebrow engaged in searching 
for food amongst the dead leaves. He managed to secure the 
specimen, which proved to be a Siberian Ground-Thrush, and 
he also saw others, but could not procure any more examples. 
The natives told him that it was not uncommon near Tooro- 
kansk during the breeding season, and was called the “ Chornoi 
Drozht ,” or “Black Thrush.” In Japan, Mr. Jouy found it 
equally shy, frequenting the dense woods on Fuji-yama as high 
as 5,000 feet. Tt has a fine song, and is a favourite cage-bird 
with the Japanese. 
Nest. — Not yet described. 
Eggs. — A clutch of three eggs are in the Seebohm collection, 
obtained by the late Harry Pryerin Japan. The ground-colour 
is bluish green, and the eggs are spotted all over with reddish- 
brown, in Blackbird fashion. The underlying spots are slightly 
lighter brown, but are scarcely distinguishable from the over- 
lying ones. Axis, 1 "05 inch; diarn., 0 8. 
