C. H. Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



A. General List, giving times of occurrence and relative abundance 

 of the species ; together with notes on the habits and distribution 

 of some of the less common forms. 



Family, TURDID^E. 



1 . Turdus migratorius Linne. Robin. 



An abundant summer resident ; breeds abundantly, and several 

 times during the season. A few winter. The summer residents 

 arrive during the middle and latter part of February (Feb. 18, 1876; 

 Feb. 27, 1875), and remain in considerable numbers till near the close 

 of November. 



2. Turdus mUSteliriUS Gmelin. Wood Thrush. 



A common summer resident ; breeds. Arrives about May 3d 

 (common before the 10th), remaining till October. Mr. John II. Sage, 

 of Portland, Conn., informs me that he and Mr. J. N. Clark, and 

 also Mr. W. W. Coe, have found its eggs " covered with fine black 

 specks." Mr. Fred. Sumner Smith, of this city, has recently shown 

 me a large egg of this species which is marked with a few small, 

 brownish-red spots. On sending the egg to Dr. Brewer, I received 

 the following : " The spots I never noticed before, but any egg, 

 always excepting a woodpecker's, is liable to be marked by minute 

 effusions of colored lymph of the parent, in its exclusion." Mr. 

 Smith tells me that the nest, which contained these speckled eggs, 

 was placed on a railway bridge, and within six inches of the rail. 

 A number of trains pass daily over this bridge. 



3. Turdus Pallasi Cabanis. Hermit Thrush. 



Common during its migrations, particularly so in the fall. Arrives 

 from the South before the middle of April (April 7, 1877, Coe; April 

 6, 1875, Sage; April 13, 1874, Sage; April 14, 1876, Osborne; April 

 16, 1877, April 19, 1875), remaining till early in May; on their 

 return are with us from early in October till the latter part of Novem- 

 ber (Nov. 14, 18, 20, 1875). The woods abound with them during 

 the middle and latter part of October. 



4. Turdus Swainsoni Cabanis. Olive-backed Thrush. 



Common during its migrations, but never so abundant as the last. 

 It is met with in spring from May 10th to 26th, and in autumn from 



