Thrushes, pi^pci-ly so called. 

 AMERICAN ROBIN, or MIGRATING THRUSH. 



(Turdus migratortus, Lin. Wilson, i. p. 35. pi. 2. fig. 2. Lath., 

 Synops. iii. p. 26.) 



Sp. Charact. — Dark ash-color ; beneath rufous ; head and tail 

 black, the two exterior feathers of the latter white at the inner 

 tip. 



The familiar and welcome Robin is found in summer 

 throughout the North American continent, from the des- 

 olate regions of Hudson's Bay, in the 53d degree, to the 

 table land of Mexico ; * it is likewise a denizen of the 

 territory of the Oregon, f on the western base of the 

 Rocky Mountains. In all this vast space, the American 

 Fieldfare rears its young, avoiding only the warmer 

 maritime districts, to which, however, they flock for 

 support during the inclemency of winter. In like man- 



* Bullock's Memoir. f Found, according to Latham, at Nootka Sound. 



