A RARE BIRD.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "ersciavoz."] Sza,—In your issue of July 12th a letter headed " A Rare Bird " on p. 48 attracted my attention. This morning while hidden amongst currant bushes gathering the fruit my ear caught an unusual bird-cry, and glancing up I saw about eight feet distant from me a bird exactly tallying with the description your correspondent gives, save for this variant, that I should describe the breast-colouring more as a pink -tint shading into a white gorge, recalling the V-shaped opening of a lady's evening dress, then merging into a delicate pink-red which deepened towards the shoulders. The frill I did not perceive, but the head was a darker grey; the shape of the bird that of an elegant thianish young thrush; the beak rather pointed; the legs longer than a robin's and more slender. Being hidden by the bushes, I had a good long study of the little fellow without his knowledge. Is this another red-throated -fiyeabilier P —I am, Sir, &a, A. Breams. COoper's Cross, Uckfield, -Sussex.
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