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27, 1929, was found February 1, 1930, at Chunky, Miss. In the case 

 of the last record the band was forwarded to the Biological Survey. 



Casual records. — The robin has been recorded three times on St. 

 Paul Island, Alaska, from 1872 to September 15, 1919. It has been 

 collected twice at Point Barrow, Alaska, od May 14, 1930, and in the 

 summer of 1931. One was reported at Herschel Island, Yukon, many 

 years ago. One was reported at Warren Point, Mackenzie, 200 miles 

 from Pearce Point, on June 19, 1917; and a specimen was collected 

 near the mouth of the Kogaryuak River, Coronation Gulf, on June 

 19, 1911. 



Four specimens have been recorded from Greenland: Specimens 

 taken at Q6rnoq near Godthaab about 1865; at Sukkertoppen about 

 1881 ; at Graedefjord on September 26, 1899; and at Kangek, Godthaab 

 Fjord, between October 7 and 21, 1944. The last specimen was 

 identified as nigrideus, and it is quite probable that the others were 

 also of this race. The robin is a straggler to Cuba, three records; 

 and it has been collected in Bermuda in five different years. There 

 are several European records, in Ireland, England, and Germany. 



Egg dates. — Alaska: 8 records, May 26 to June 15. 



California: 46 records, April 6 to July 14; 24 records, May 13 to 

 June 17, indicating the height of the season. 



Colorado: 21 records, May 10 to July 15; 11 records, May 24 to 

 June 10. 



Illinois: 29 records, April 18 to July 20; 15 records, April 29 to May 

 17. 



Massachusetts: 50 records, April 28 to July 1; 25 records, May 17 

 to May 30. 



TURDUS MIGRATORIUS ACHRUSTERUS (Batchelder) 

 SOUTHERN ROBIN 



HABITS 



Charles F. Batchelder (1900) in naming this subspecies gave as its 

 characters: "Size considerably less than in M. migratoria. Colors in 

 general much lighter and duller." Then follows a detailed description. 

 Ridgway (1907) describes it more concisely as follows: "Adult male 

 with black of head broken by more or less broad grayish margins to 

 feathers; gray of back duller and browner, rarely, if ever, with blackish 

 centers to feathers; color of breast, etc., tawny-ochraceous to tawny 

 cinnamon-rufous. Adult female with grayish margins to feathers of 

 head broader, sometimes nearly concealing the central dusky areas, 

 and color of breast, etc., yellowish ochraceous-buff to tawny-ochra- 

 ceous. Young paler in color than that of P.m. migratorius, with under 

 parts largely (sometimes mostly) whitish and less heavy spotted." 



