28 SYNONYMY OF TURDUS MUSTELINUS 



into tlie preseut work, since it is not known to occur in the 

 Colorado Basin, its synonymy and description are subjoined,* 

 to complete a review of the subject. A figure of the head of 

 this species is likewise given. 



WHEX we come to sketch the life-history of the Hermit 

 Thrush, we shall be met by difficulties as great as those 

 that beset the interpretation of its written record, if we attempt 

 to discriminate between the three recognized varieties. Their 

 mode of life is the same, notwithstanding the points of dissimi- 



*The Wood TSirnsla.— Turclns (Ilylocichla) miistelinus. 



Tawny Tiirusll, Pmn. AZ. ii. 1785, 337, No. 198 (New York).— Lath. Syu. ii. pt. i. L7S3, 28, No. 

 15. (Not of Wilson. ) 



TnrdllS musteliaus, Gm. SN. i. pt. ii. 1783, 817, No. 57 (based on Pcnn. &, Lath.). — r»rt. SN. 

 i. 1806, 497.— £a«/i. 10. i. 1790, 33!, No. 15.— VieilL O.A.S. ii. 1807, 6, pi. 62.— Dp. Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. ii. 1826, yj.—Xitu.Man. i. 1832, 31X—Aud. OB. i. 1832, 372; v. 1839, 446 ; pi. 73.— 

 Sp.C.& GL. 1838, n.—Pcab. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 304.— D'Or&. La Sag. Cuba, Ois. 

 1839, 48 (Cuba).— ^;(rf. BA. iii. 1841, 24, pi. 144.— Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 144 (in winter).— 

 Bp. CA. i. 1850, ^lO.-Read, Pr. Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, 398 {Ohio).— Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 Ti. 185.3, 310 (Wisconsin).— fFood/i. Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 72.—Gerhnrdt, Naum. iii. 1853, 

 38.—Kennic. Tr. Illinois State Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 601. — Pratten, Tr. Illinois State Agric. 

 Soc. i. 1855, 5S'2.— Guild. J. f. O. 1855, 469 (^Ciiba).—Hayin. Pr. Phila. Acad. viii. 1856, 

 289 (Indiana). — Pm«?j. Proc. Esses Inst. i. 1856, 209.— Scl. PZS. 1856, 294 (Cordova).— 

 Kneel. Pr. Bost. Soc. vi. 1857, 234.— Maxim. J. f. O. 1858, 179.— Brf. BNA. 1858, 213.— 

 .B/n?((f. Smiths. Rep. for 18.58,1859, 287 (Bermudas).- 5cZ. (,■ Salv.lhia, 1859, 6 (tluate- 

 ma.\a) .—Scl. PZS. 1859, 325 (critical), 362 {Xa\apa.).—Moore, PZS. 1859, 55 (Omoa).— War- 

 tens, J. f. 0. 1859, 212 (Bermudas).— GJtfieZ, Viig. 1860, 37, tig. 8i.— Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 vii. 1860, 307 (Cuba).— Barn. Smiths. Rep. for 186.), 1861, 435 (Pennsylvania).— ScZ. Ibis, iii, 

 1861, 282.— Giindl. J. f. O. 1861, 324 (Cuba). — Comcs ^\ Prent. Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862, 

 —.—Hayd. Tr. Am. Philos. Soc. xii. 1862, 158 (Missouri River).— ^»r. J. f. O. 1862, 194, 

 201 (Jamaica).— ^»cn, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864, 55.— Brf. Rev. AB. 1864, U.—Hoij, Smiths. 

 Rep. for 1864, 1865, 437 (Missouri).— Laifr. >nu. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 2SI.—Mcllv>r. Pr. 

 Ess. Inst. V. 1856, 84 (Canada West).— Allcji, Am. Nat. i. 1867, UO.-Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 xii. 1868, 106 (South Carolina).— (7o;<es, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 266.—Siimic?i. Mem. Bost. 

 Soc. i. 1869, 543 (Vera Cruz).— Turnb. B. E. Pa. 1869, 21 ; Phila. ed. 14.— Abbott, Am. 

 Nat. iv. 1870, 540, 541.- rri/^ic, Pr. Ess. Inst. vi. 1871, 115.— Allen, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 

 266.— Allen, Bull. MCZ. iii. 1872, 124, 173 (Ka.rxsa.s).— Gun dl. J. f. O. 1872,405 (Cuba).— 

 &o««, Pr. Bost. Soc. XV. 1872, 220.— Cnues, Key, 1872, 72.—Trippc, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 

 1873, 234.— Coues, BNW. 1874, 2.—Ii. B. cV R. NAB. i, 1874, 7, pi. i. f. i.— Brew. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. xvii. 1875, 438. 



-Merula inustclina, Rich. List, 18.37. 



Merula inustclinus, Denny, PZS. 1847, 38. 



TupcllJS nielOde^i, Bartr. Trav. 1791, p. 290 bis. 



TurdUS Uiclodlis, WiU. AO. i. 1808, 35, pi. 2, f. l.—Lich'.. " Pi-eisVerz. Mex. Viig. 1830, 2"; 

 J. f. 0. 18G3, 57.— Gosse, Alabama, lg.59, 295. 



Tlirdus melodilis, Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 33. 



Turd US densHs, Bp. CR. xxviii. 1853, 2. 



Grive des Bois*, Flute, LeMuine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 176. 



Merle tnniie, D'Orbig. I. c. 



Cii. sp. — $ 9 Supra mustelinus, caiidam versus oUvascens; suhius aJbits, jxclore 

 later ibiisqite maculis magnis, numerosis, roiiindalis, nigris notntis. 



,?,9,a(lult: Upper parts, iuclndiug the surface of the closed wings, 

 tawny-brown, purest and deepest ou the bead, shading insensibly into oliva- 



