. An illustrated manual of British birds . -. TURDIN.^:. 17. THE ROCK-THRUSH. MoNTicoLA SAXATiLis (Linna2us). The claim of the Rock-Thrush to a place in the British list restsupon an example shot on the 19th May, 1843, at Therfield, in Hert-fordshire, and figured as above by the late Mr. Yarrell, who ex-amined it before it was skinned. Some other occurrences arerecorded, but are not authenticated. The bird in question had nodoubt deviated on its spring migration to the westward of its usualcourse ; but some of its regular haunts are at no great distance fromour shores ; the species being a yea
. An illustrated manual of British birds . -. TURDIN.^:. 17. THE ROCK-THRUSH. MoNTicoLA SAXATiLis (Linna2us). The claim of the Rock-Thrush to a place in the British list restsupon an example shot on the 19th May, 1843, at Therfield, in Hert-fordshire, and figured as above by the late Mr. Yarrell, who ex-amined it before it was skinned. Some other occurrences arerecorded, but are not authenticated. The bird in question had nodoubt deviated on its spring migration to the westward of its usualcourse ; but some of its regular haunts are at no great distance fromour shores ; the species being a yearly summer-visitor to the central-and side- valleys of the Rhine, Moselle, Upper Meuse, and someportions of Alsace. It also breeds sparingly in the Hartz Mountains,Thuringia, and other suitable situations in Germany ; while it hasstraggled to Belgium, and six times to Heligoland. In Switzerlandand southwards it is generally distributed throughout suitable rockydistricts, although often local; and where, as in Southern Spain andNorthern Africa, its congener
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