Country Life

100 years ago in

March 11, 1922

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AMOST rare bird has been seen by a lady in Hampshire. She saw a bird that appeared to be a thrush—and yet it was not like an ordinary thrush as it had a black throat and bib. Although she had watched birds carefully for many years, she was not aware that such a thing existed; but when she referred to books, she found it exactly described and realised that she had been privileged to see one of the rarest migrants to this country in her own garden. A wellknown ornitholog­ist is satisfied that no mistake has been made. There are only four previous records of the black-throated thrush in England. It is a native of Western Siberia and winters in Afghanista­n, North-west India and Persia, but is occasional­ly found in Norway, Denmark, Germany and Austria. —L. F. Easterbroo­k

1) ‘The Mikado’ 2) Yellow 3) 12 4) Mistle thrush (‘Turdus viscivorus’) 5) Cameo Riddle me this: It was in a game of chess

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