TURDIB.E — THE THRUSHES — TUKDUS. 



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the head and neck, conf iiuious with a broad pectoral transverse band, black. Most of tail 

 feathers with a terminal jjatch of brownish white. Bill, black. Feet, yellow. Female 



more olivaceous above ; the white of the abdomen more extended ; the brown beneath, 

 paler; the pectoral band obsolete. Length, 9.75 inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, 3. 'JO ; tarsus, 1.25. 

 Hah. Pacific coast of North America. Accidental on Mackenzie Kiver, onLong Island, 

 and near Boston. 



Turdus itiTviits. 



This beautiful bird i-s a far nortlieru resident, merely visiting the lower 

 country of California in winter, and rarely straggling to the Colorado valley, 

 where one was obtained by Lieutenant Ives's exploring party in 1858. I have 

 not seen them myself south of the Coast Range, near Santa Clara, and there 

 uo later than April. It is very probable, however, that some breed in the 



