170 BIKDS OF BERMUDA. 



Oeder passeres. 



Sub-order OSOINES. 



Family TURDID^. 



Sub-family TURDIN^. 



Genus Turdus, Liuu. 



1. Ttirdus migratorius, Linn. American Robin; Red-breasted Thrush. 



Tardus migratorius, Linn., Forst., Vieil., Wils., Bp., Nutt., And., and of authors 



generally. 

 Merula migratoria, Sw. & Rich. 

 Turdua canadensis, Briss. 



Length, 9.75; wing, 5.43; tail, 4.75; tarsus, 1.75, 



Mab. — Continent of North America and portions of Mexico. West 



Indies rarely. Accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 



By no means common, but occasionally arrives singly or ^u small 

 flocks, both on northward and soutliward migrations, especially the 

 former. Specimens were obtained in February and March, 1850, and 

 in March, 1855. One was sent to Mr'. J. M. Jones on November 24, 

 1871, when several others were seen. I saw one near Hungry Bay on 

 October 29, 1874. Mr. Bartram obtained one at Stocks Point about the 

 same time, and Lieutenant Denison, Royal Engineers, records one shot 

 in Devonshire Swamp on the 27th November, 1875 ; these last-named 

 occurrences establishing beyond doubt the autumnal appearance of 

 the species, which had not been recorded in former years. Like many 

 other migrants, the Robin would seem to modify its habits considerably 

 on tinding itself in a strange country, and to become shy and retiring 

 in disposition. The bird I saw took up its quarters in a thick mangrove 

 swamp, and remained there, or in some tall thick cedars hard by, for 

 several days. An intelligent colored boy in charge of cattle on an 

 adjoining meadow, who really does know how to describe a bird, saw it 

 frequently, and told me it was very wild and hard to get near. This is 

 very unlike the Robin I have met with in Canada and the United 

 States. It is a thousand pities that this fine bird cannot be persuaded 



