avp:s. l>_> 1 



passeres. osc'ine.s. 



tirdidae. 



tor. H^^s. (Mk.) April '_'s .Iimr 1"); July tiirly Aui:. ilM ;iih1 :{(! 

 brootls). 



Mass. — Coininoii migrant and siimiiuT n-.si<U'nt; less coininoii 

 wintor resident chu-fly near coast. Mar. 8-Xov. 28; winter. Kj:j;s, 

 April 2.5-.July 25 (2d brood) (! Oct. 2',t. H>()8, Brandon). 



K. I. — Common mij^rant, lc.s.s common .summer and winter 

 resident. Mar. 11-Xov. 2S; winter. Egjjs, April 17-.June 7; 

 July. 



Co.\.\. — Common mi<:rant and summer resident; less common 

 winter nvsident. Feh. 18-Xov.; v'i'iter. Eggs, A|>ril 27-.Iuly 2. 



401. IxoREis NAEVius (Gmelin) Richmond. 

 Varied thrush. 



Turduji narrius Gmel., Syst. nat., 17SS, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. M7. 

 "in sinu Americae Xatca." 



Orpheus niernhides (Swains.). Swain.son and Richard.son, Fauna 

 Boreali-Amer., 1S31, vol. 2. p. 187, pi. 38. 



Elvergreen fon'sts; nests in trees. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: I|)swich, Dec. 1804. 



402. SiAi.iA siALis (Linn6) Haldeman. 

 Bluebird. 



MoUu-illa .fialis Linn^, Syst. nat., ed. 10. 17.58, vol. 1. ]>. ]n7. 

 "i.\ Bermidis & America calidiohe." 



Sialia iril.'ionii Swixins. .\udnl)on. Birds of .\mer., 1S41, vol. 2, 

 p. 171. pi. 134. Egg, Capen, issfj, pi. 1, figs. 14, 15. 



Orchards and ojH'n country; nests in hollow linihs or in Kird 

 hou.ses. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. (Feb. 28) 

 Mar. lO-Nov. 14. Eggs. April 21-May 15; .June 24-JuIy 6 (2d 

 brood). 



X. H. — Common migrant and less common summer ri'sident at 

 lower elevations. Mar. 2-Oct. 25. Eggs, May 1-June 25. 



