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BRITISH BIRDS, 
shot as it was approaching our shore in the English 
channel.* A pair, male and female, were also lent 
for the same purpose, by the Honourable Mr Lid- 
dell, from his museum at Ravensworth Castle, and 
from these and the foregoing, our description and 
figure were taken. These birds are rare visitants in 
this country ; they are often met with in the southern 
parts of Europe in the summer season. This species* 
as well as some others of the tribe, seems to partake of 
a middle nature between the Orioles and Thrushes, 
and Buffon has placed them as a connecting link be- 
fore the latter. 
* We have also seen a female, which was taken in the latter part of 
the spring, much spent, in a garden at Tynemouth. 
