the Old World, are known to exist. They have a very wide range, some being found in Asia and its islands,
and others in Australia. They are shy and solitary in their habits, often frequenting rockv and scrubby
situations in the midst o f forests.
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W h it e ’s T h r u s h .
A native o f the Altai, the Himalayas, and China, Single individuals occasionally migrate westward to the
continent o f Europe and to England, wherein about ten or twelve examples have been killed, the particulars
respecting several o f which will be found in the letterpress opposite the Plate o f the species.
Genus C ic h lo se ly s .
An eastern form, the type o f which is the well-known Siberian Thrush.
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S ib e r ia n T h r u s h .
Quite an accidental visitor, only a single instance o f its being killed here being on record.
Family PYCNONOTID/E.
The members of this family are nearly allied to the great group o f Honey-eaters (Meliphagidai) o f
Australia. Many species inhabit Africa and India.
Genus P y cno n otu s.
90. P ycno n o tu s c a pe n s is .
Gold-vented Thrush.
A native o f Spain and p art o f Africa; once killed in Ireland—for the particulars o f which see Thompson’s
‘Birds’ o f that country, and Yarrell’s ‘ History o f British Birds,’ vol. i. p. 224 : “ erroneously identified by
those authors,” says Mr. Harting, “ with P . aurigaster o f Vieillot.”
Family CINCLID/E.
Many opinions are extant among ornithologists respecting the natural position o f this very singular group
o f bird s: one places them near Enicurus, Grallina, & c.; another fancies they are allied to Troglodytes ; and
a third, to the Thrushes. O f the eleven o r twelve known species, seven o r eight inhabit the northern
regions o f the Old W o rld ; a single, or a t the utmost two frequent the same regions o f the New ; and two
are found among the cataracts and rocky streams of the Andean ranges. But it is in Europe and Asia that
Water-Ouzels most abound, the watercourses of the great Himalaya Mountains and their continuations being
especially frequented by them. Europe is tenanted by three, one o f which inhabits the British Islands, and
a second comes to them occasionally from Norway.
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W a t e r -O u z e l or D i p p e r .
A resident in Britain, frequenting the turbulent waters and mill-streams of its hilly districts.
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B lack-b e l l ie d W a t e r -O u z e l .
A native o f Norway, Sweden, and probably other parts o f Northern Europe. In England it has been
several times killed in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire; but these must be regarded as accidental
occurrences.
Family SAXICOLINiE.
A family of insectivorous birds, comprising many Old-World forms inhabiting Europe, Asia, and Africa.
They vary in size from a Thrush to a Wheatear o r a Stone-Chat.
Genus P e t ro c o s sy ph u s .
A genus o f rock-loving birds common to the continent o f Europe, North Africa, India, China, and the
Philippine Islands.
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B l u e R ock- T h r u sh .
Has been once killed in Ireland, the particulars respecting which and the countries the bird inhabits
will be gained by reference to the letterpress opposite the Plate whereon the species is figured.
Genus P e t r o c in c l a .
This form is scarcely separable from Petrocossyphus; the members o f both are distributed over nearly the
same parts o f the world.
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R ock- T h r u s h .
A purely accidental visitor to Britain, only one or, a t the utmost, two examples having been seen therein.
The true home o f the species is Southern and Eastern Europe, Palestine, and North Africa.
Genus S axicola.
The Wheatears, as the members o f this genus are frequently called, are Old-World birds, inhabiting