ROCK THRUSH. 
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INCESSORES. 
DEE TIR OS TRES. 
MERE LID JE. 
ROCK THRUSH. 
Petrocincla saxatilis. 
PLATE XXVI. FIG. II. 
This beautiful bird, which Mr. Gould says very truly 
manifests a relationship to the Saxicolae, frequents similar 
rocky districts, and is met with in the Swiss Alps, in the 
Pyrenees and Tyrolese Alps, and Mr. Yarrell, who states 
that this bird has been twice killed in England, says 
that it inhabits Germany, France, and various parts of 
Spain, particularly the rocky districts about Aragon. I 
am indebted to the Rev. S. C. Malan for the following 
notes. “ I had, years ago, frequent opportunities of watch¬ 
ing the habits of the Rock Thrush while residing in the 
neighbourhood of Geneva. It is not by any means a 
rare bird at the foot of the Seleve, a few miles from that 
city. It nestles not in rocks, but among broken frag¬ 
ments of rocks and loose stones. The nest is loosely 
built, lined with hair; the eggs five in number. They 
vary in intensity of colour, and are not unfrequently 
speckled over with a few scattered dark-brown or pur¬ 
plish-brown spots.” The egg which I have figured has 
been kindly supplied to me from the collection of one 
of my oldest oological friends and correspondents, Mr. 
J. D. Salmon. 
