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to stay and breed in Bermuda, and to add its music to that of the com- 

 mon resident species. Colonel Wedderburn mentions (Xat. in B., p. 27) 

 that a portion of a small liock of unfortunates, which made their 

 appearance in February, 1850, was spared, with the hope that they 

 might be tempted to remain; but they all disappeared in a few weeks' 

 time, not leaving a single straggler. 



2. Turdiis mustelinus, Gm. Wood Thrush. 



Turdus mustelinus, Gm., Lath., Vieil., Bp., Nutt., Aud., and of modern authors. 



Merula mustelina, Rich. 

 Turdus melodus, Wils., Turdus densus, Bp., Hylocichla mustelina, Bd. 



Length, 8.10; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.05; tarsus, 1.2G. 



Eab. — United States, east of Missouri Plains, south to Guatemala, 

 Cuba, Honduras, Bermuda. (B. B. and R.) 



Only one appearance of this species is on record, viz, in the autumn 

 of 1849 — a season also memorable in Bcruuula annals for an extraordi- 

 nary invasion of Swallows and Cuckoos, which took place throughout 

 the islands. Both Colonel Wedderburn and Mr. Hurdis obtained speci- 

 mens of this Thrush, but Mr. Bartrain was not so fortunate. 



3. Turdus swainsoni, Cab. Olive-backed Thrush. 



Turdus minor, Gm., Vieil., Bp. 



Turdus solitarius, Wils. Merula wihoni' S\v. &. Pich. 

 Turdus olivaceus, Gir. Merula oUracta, Brewer. 

 Turdus swainsoni, Cab., and of modern authors. 

 Turdus minimus, Lafresnaye, Bryant, Lawr. 



Length, 7; wing, 4.15; tail, 3.10; tarsus, 1.10. 



Hab. — The whole of North America, excepting, x)erhaps, the south- 

 western United States, south to Central America, New Granada, Ecua- 

 dor, and Cuba. Greenland, Europe and Siberia (accidental). (Coues.) 



This species also A^sited Bermuda in small numbers during the pro- 

 ductive autumn of 1849, when a lew were obtained. It has since occurred, 

 at long intervals, in the antumn. Mr. Bartram's collection contains three 

 specimens of various dates. On April 20, 1875, I shot a fine male in 

 Smith's ]\rarsh, the first recorded instance of its vernal a})pearance. 

 The stomach contained four or five white grubs, and some fragments of 

 marsh plants. One was brought to Lieutenant Denison, Roj'al Engi- 

 neers, on the 22d September, 1875, and another (a male) killed by a boy 

 with a stick in Devonshire Swamp, on the 19th February, 1876. 



