seventh, volume of the Magazine of Natural History, page
'898/ by Mr; Henry Berry,. isL the -foUowinjf terms. „ With
respect -to^thè Thrush, I recollect a singular- ca&o;". in.“’ the
garden of James Hankin, a nurseryman at, ©rlhskirb," in Lam*
eashire, a- thjuah-and a Blackbird had paired : this.-was well
known to a n um b ^ o f' individuals,^ myself amongstthémv
Düringtwb successive years the birds reared their TJbroods,
which were permitted- to fly, and .evinced;; in all';resp.ects-, -the
feature^, ^f ^strongly-mark-edhhybrids, j Several; instances, are
known inr-whichuthe female * of the Black Grousey; usually
called the Grey Hen,* has-bred .in a wild stated with; the
Common Pheasant ; and hybrids- between the PheasanCand
Domestic j Fowls;. are frequently^ .produced.. Thé.; Common
Goose, in a stafeo# domestication,' has produced young with
the' Chinfese .Gander, as-recorded by>T. C.- Flyton^Eisqa^ and
Wild Duck hashieddtith the;malqjjgintairatBehv«idere^
as communicated to the Zoological: -Society b y th eH o if .
Twiselton Fiennes.
5 Several experiments - ón vthd próduetiy#’:noweïS èfrvambus
hybrid birds are now. in progress ; but^-without intending to
antièipafc the jhitéresting' particulars which may. bé-’a-®t|itqd,
I may briefly-refer to -What-'has "fallen u-nderi myowmobseEW--
a tioh.. Sómë^ degreed&È restriction,..- either- accidental or ’imposed,
and arising“ from various causes,- appear^ ter be necessary
to induce the imibir-of birds that are of differeh# spesde^l
butr the' iiifittepce* of the; Divine command to Therease and
multiply' is éo irresistible, that Somerbirds unite with strange
partners, rather than have no partned at a ll; when putting
two -birds of different ■ specie!* together, with the; intention
of breeding from them, union is less5' likeij§dm take place if
they are kept within sight or hearing of* other- birds of: their
Own'species. The two sexes of the bröods produced by such
unions take little or no’ notice of each other when adult, éven
during the usual breeding-season, and are believed to be un~
productive- among them selves': if7 so - res tricted; but if allowed
an opportunity of uniting^, with the true' Species of either
paren-t,s.4hey ape»thentpfroliflc', 'and th# young birds produced
■#]espf lose alkilntermediatetcharacte#.
•* Tl^;He©ded*'Grows5, - like? the,.' other*- Crows, are early
'teledreEs^^making their iiesti-upon,'tree&; in those countries
yherer-treCs-'-are- found, . in default« 6f- trbes they build on
marine , jocks? and, (differ the* ne^ljs* formed,;of sticks and
StraWyillnecbwith w$|fe^d hair ;-r the' eggs'from >fojar.:to six in
^climber, mottled? all ©veri- with? greenly bfown* oft- a l^ h t
g>jteen 1 the? lengthen ef* inch ten lm.eSe, by one inch
-feee lines in breadths
In addition tfjjp'M loealitfe’s^already quoted’,' the Hooded
GtowiiS; indigenouS%i*|fe northern parts of Ireland. North
-c?f ^ScTFrtlari d, it is common in Denmark,
SwedenJ^iid''Norway, breeds in considerable numbers on the
Faroe Island®,, ^ n d is fe^hd at Iceland; it is found also in
Russia anajBBfeena. But not beyond the Lena, I t is said to
fe^|d^irt-Germaiiy; and is'Common during Winter On the
Goastyljf Holland. In the' southem parts of Europe, this
bird inhabits the plains from autumn to the5 spring;-and the
mountains' that are wooded from the spring to autumn. Mr.
Hi- Strickland observed' that it was- Common at. Smyrna p it is
found in th e Grecian Amhipelago; and it inhabits the
country between; the Black and.the Caspian seas«. M. Tem-
minck includes- it i#^ his Catalogue of the Birds of Japan;
and Sonnerat records it as inhabiting the Philippine Islands.
Beak strong, like that of the Raven, two inches long, and
shining, black; the basal half covered with projecting feathers,
Which entirely hide the nostrils ; the head, cheeks, throat, and
neck in front, shining bluish black; wings and tail the same ;
nape of the neck, back, rump, and all the under surface of
the body smoke grey, the shafts of the feathers dark slate
grey ; legs, toes, and claws, shining black*