THRUSH NIGHTINGALE. 
Sylvia Turdoides, \IBYBR. 
Philomela Turdoides, BLyTH. GOULD, 
Sylvia. Sylva—A wood. Turdoides. ‘urdus—A Thrush. 
Hidos—The form, figure, or likeness of a thing. 
THIS species occurs throughout Silesia, Bohemia, Pomerania, 
Franconia, and other parts of Germany; and is plentiful also 
in Hungary, Austria, and Poland, but more rare in France. 
Mr. Gould says that it is generally found in woods situated 
on the tops of hills, and also in plains, particularly those in 
the neighbourhood of running streams. 
One of these birds, a male, was captured near the village 
of Swalwell, three or four miles west of Newcastle, ‘the New- 
castle that 1s upon Tyne,’ by Mr. Thomas Robson, of the 
former place. Another is recorded by Mr. Edward Newman 
in the ‘Zoologist, page 3476, as having been shot near 
Dartford, in Kent, on the 8th. of May, 1852. Mr. John 
Hancock procured the ege of another from Northamptonshire; 
and N. Rowe, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, nas informed 
me that two eges of this rare British bird were taken at Stad- 
discombe, near ” Plymouth, in Devonshire, in 1850, and that 
the Rev. H. Roundell procured others in Kent. 
Its song, which is chiefly heard by night, is strong, loud, 
and deep; but, though more powerful, not so melodious as 
that of the Nightingale. 
The nest is built in small thickets, but most frequently 
in low and damp situations. 
The eggs are of a brownish olive colour, stained with deep 
brown. 
Male; bill, dark brown; head, crown, neck on the back, and 
nape, dark brown; chin, white; throat, whitish; breast, clear 
