. British birds. Birds. NOTES. 379 the two counties of Kent and Sussex. This, so far as we know, is the third example of this Siberian Thrush which has been obtained in Great Britain. The first was killed near Lewes, in Sussex, on December 23rd, 1869, and was bought by the late Mr. T. J. Monk from the man, a bricklayer, who had just shot it, and was at the time Mr. Monk met him, carrying the bird in his hand. I have often had the story from Mr. Monk's own lips. After. Male Black-throated Thrush shot at Newenden, Kent, on January 30th, 1909. Mr. Monk's death, the rarest of the birds in his coll
. British birds. Birds. NOTES. 379 the two counties of Kent and Sussex. This, so far as we know, is the third example of this Siberian Thrush which has been obtained in Great Britain. The first was killed near Lewes, in Sussex, on December 23rd, 1869, and was bought by the late Mr. T. J. Monk from the man, a bricklayer, who had just shot it, and was at the time Mr. Monk met him, carrying the bird in his hand. I have often had the story from Mr. Monk's own lips. After. Male Black-throated Thrush shot at Newenden, Kent, on January 30th, 1909. Mr. Monk's death, the rarest of the birds in his collection were, through Mr. A. F. Griffith, obtained for the Booth Museum at Brighton, and amongst them was this specimen of T. atrigularis. For the second recorded specimen obtained in Great Britain, Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown kindly draws my attention to the one now in the Perth Museum, which was shot in February, 1879, on the banks of the Tay, and originally recorded by Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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