AVES. 221 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



TURDIDAE. 



ter. Eggs, (Me.) April 28-June 15; July-early Aug. (2d and 3d 

 broods). 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident ; less common 

 winter resident chiefly near coast. Mar. 8-Nov. 23; winter. Eggs, 

 April 25-July 25 (2d brood) (! Oct. 29, 1903, Brandon). 



R. I. — Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Mar. 11-Nov. 28; winter. Eggs, April 17- June 7; 

 July. 



Conn. — Common migrant and summer resident; less common 

 winter resident. Feb. 18-Nov.; winter. Eggs, April 27- July 2. 



401. Ixoreus naevius (Gmelin) Richmond. 

 Varied thrush. 



Turdus naevius Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 817. 

 "in sinu Americae Natca." 



Orpheus meruloides (Swains.). Swainson and Richardson, Fauna 

 Boreali-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, p. 187, pi. 38. 



Evergreen forests; nests in trees. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: Ipswich, Dec. 1864. 



402. Si alia sialis (Linne) Haldeman. 

 Bluebird. 



Motacilla sialis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 187. 

 "in Ber.mudis & America calidiore." 



Sialia unlsonii Swains. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, 

 p. 171, pi. 134. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 1, figs. 14, 15. 



Orchards and open country; nests in hollow limbs or in bird 

 houses. 



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

 Mar. 10-Nov. 14. Eggs, April 21-May 15; June 24-July 6 (2d 

 brood). 



N. H. — Common migrant and less common summer resident at 

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



