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tliose of the Eastern bird. Brown says it is an uncommon resident at 

 Boerne, and that several of his specimens taken there closely approach 

 the variety auduhoni. Dr. Heermanii, in Dresser's paper states that he 

 once procured the eggs on the Medina, which is doubtless a mistake. 



277. Turdus aonalaschkae auduboni (Caird.). Audubon's Hermit Thni.sh. 

 Xoiie of the specimens of Hermit Thrushes secured by me can prop- 

 erly be referred to this subspecies. Of its occurrence at Boerne, Brown 

 says (Bull. Niitt. Orn, Club, 18S2, p. 127): "In a recent paper on a 

 collection on birds made in southwestern Texas, I referred a series of 

 Hijlodchla unalascw to the restricted form with the remark that several 

 specimens closely approached var. auduhoni. Upon reading the article, 

 an esteemed correspondent wrote me that one of these aberrant exam- 

 ples which had passed into his hands appeared to him to be true audu- 

 boni. In this opinion, after a re-examination of the specimen, I concur. 

 The bird in question has a wing of 3.82 inches, which, though decidedly 

 under the average of auduhoni is more than should be allowed vnalascw 

 proper." 



278. Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii (Cab.). Hermit Thrush. 



I took five examples of this Thrush at San Antonio in January and 

 i^Iarch, and would not call it an uncommon bird there, still it seemed to 

 have escaped Dresser's attention entirely. I think it likely that this 

 species, like others, did not winter there when he collected. A speci- 

 men taken at Leon Springs on March 14, seems to be intermediate be- 

 tween this form and (fo»a/asc/</.Ti' proper, but it resembles the subspecies 

 more than it does the hitter. "A specimen taken March 10 from a 

 small flock of apparently the same race. Examples approaching var. 

 auduhoni were taken at intervals" (Brown). 



Genus MERULA Leach. 



279. P/Ierula mi£ratcria (Linn.). Amcricau Robin. 



A good many Robins were seen during the winter and as late as March 

 20 at San Antonio, and they were quite common near Corpus Christi, 

 but whether they were migratoria proper, or propinqua, I am unable to 

 say. Of the three specimens collected at Corpus Christi, one only can 

 be referred to the eastern form. No other specimens were taken. Brown 

 found it " irregularly abundant" at Boerne, and Dresser states that it 

 is not uncommon near San Antonio during the winter, and is found 

 more abundantly during a severe "norther." 



280. Merula migratoria propinqua Ridgw. Western Robin. 



Two examples of this race were secured at Corpus Christi. See re- 

 marks under last. 



Genus SIALIA Swainson. 



281. Sialia sialis (Linn.). Bhiebird. 



I saw the Bluebird several times at San Antonio during the winter, 

 but it is not common there. Dres.ser also notes it as occurring there in 



