SIBERIAN THRESH.
TURDUS Sm iR IC U S , Pall.
Turdus sibiricus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. App. p. 694
(1776); IVaw»«. xiii. p. 348; Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 279, uote;
Dresser, ii. p. 87.
Sibirische Drossel, German.
The only capture of this bird, as yet recorded in
Great Britain, is said to have taken place in the winter
of 1860-61, between Guildford and Godaiming; the
specimen in question was sent to Mr. E. Bond by a
dealer as a variety of the Redwing. Mr. H. Saunders
(‘ Manual of British Birds,’ p. 12) does not consider the
evidence sufficient to warrant the introduction of this
species into the British list, but mentions that he believed
that another specimen was picked up at Bonchurch in
the winter of 1874. Without any wish to enter into the
much debated question as to what constitutes the claim of
this or of any other bird to a place in the British fauna,
I think that, granting the fact in the present instance,
that a bird of this species was killed in England, the
probability is strongly in favour of its having been a
Iona fid e traveller, and not an “ escaped ” bird. At all
events, I do not anticipate that my subscribers will
object to the accompanying plate. The breeding-home