g SIX! ; IN (; BIRDS— OSCINES. 



back; the sidos of the breast imirc obsoli'tclv spotted, anil tlie sides of tlie liodv washed 

 with olivaceous jellow-bi'own. The til)i;e are yellowish brown. Nearly the whole of the 

 lower niandil)le, exci'iit the rami, is brown. Len;!;lh, 7.2.") to 8; extent, 12; winj;, 3.7i ; 

 tail, 3; tarsu.s, l.li. Iris and bill, brown; lower mandible yellow at base; legs, jjale. 



Hah. Coast region of Oregon and \\'ashington Territories. South to San Francisco in 

 winter. 



Tliis iiiort' iioitlieni sjiecie.? i.s the exact counterpart of T. nanus in habits. 

 I I'ouiul their nests north of the Cohunbia, about the middle of June, 1854, 

 containing lour or five bhiish-white eggs, thickly spotted with brown. 



Tiu'dus Swainsoni, C'Ar.Axis. 



THE OLIVE THRUSH. 



Turdus 6V'aiHS0Hi', C.^BANis, Tstluidi. Fauna Peruana, 1844-46, 188. — B.vinn, Birds N. 



A. 1858, 216. — lu. Rev. Amcr. Birds, 19. 

 Turdus olivaccus, GiuxVD, Birds Long Island, 1843- 44, 92. 



Sp. Cii.\lt. Above entirely nuitijrm olivaceous, with a shade of green. Fore part of 

 breast, throat, and eliiu jjale lirownish yellow ; rest of lower part white ; the sides marked 

 with brownish olive. Sides of throat and fore part of breast with rather rounded spots of 

 well-delined browu darker than the back ; the rest of the breast, e-xcept in the middle, 



with rather less distinct spots that are more olivaceous. Tibia; yellowish lirown. Broad 

 ring round the eye, loral region, and a general tinge on the side of the head ilcar reddish 

 bufl'. Length. 7.00 ; wing, 4.15 ; tail, 3.10 ; tarsus, 1.00. 



Ilah. Easti'rn Xorth America, and westward to Hundjoldt Valley, the Ujijicr Colum- 

 bia, and the Yukcju Rivers : very rare in California. Southward to Ecuador. 



This bird, formerly supposed to be confined to Eastern North America, has 



