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In the following table are given the measurements of forty specimens, 

 some twenty-five of which were taken in Massachusetts during the breed- 

 ing season. The extremes of the series arc as follows : Length, 6.95 and 

 7.87; alar extent, 11.05 and 12.70; wing, 3.55 and 4.16; tail, 2.63 and 

 3.02; tarsus, 1.06 and 1.18. The average dimensions are as follows: 

 Length, 7.38; alar extent, 11.83; wing, 3.82; tail, 2.88; tarsus, 1.13. 



Measurements of Specimens of Turdus fuscesckn'S. 



5.* Harporhynchus rufus Calianis. Brown Thrush. 

 Very abundant. The specimens examined were smaller and much 

 brighter colored than any I have seen from the Northern States. 

 Commences nesting the last week in March. 



6.* Galeoseoptes carolinensis Cabanis. Cat-Bird. 

 Abundant. Smaller and darker colored than at the North. Some 



