UIKDS — TURDIDAE — TUltDUS NAEVIUS. 



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List cf specimens. 



TURDUS (IXOREUSO NAEVIUS, amelin. 



Varied Thrush. 



TurdM naevius, G.melik, Syst. Nat. I, 1763, 617.— Vieili.ot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 10 ; pi. Ixvi.— Audubon, Orn. 

 Biog. IV, 1838, 489 : V, 1639, 284 ; pi. 3G9 and 433.— Ib. ISircIs Amcr. Ill, 1841, 22 ; pi. 143.— 

 BoN.\p. Conspectus, 1850, 271.— Cabot, Jour. Best. Soc. N. H. Ill, 1848, 17. (Spec, sliot near 

 Boston.) — Lawrence, Annals N. Y. Eye. V, June, 1852, 221. (Spec, shot near New York.) — 

 Newberrt, Zool. Cal. and Or. Route, 81 ; Rep. P. R. R. Surv. VI, iv, 1857. 



Orjihetis naevius, Rich, List, 1S37. 



Ixoreus naevhis, Eonap. Notes Orn. Delattre, in Comptes Rendus, XXVIll, 1854, 269. 



Orpheus meruloiiUs, Rich. Fauna Bor. Ainer. II. 1H31, 167 ; pi. xx.wiii. 



Sr. Ch. — Fourth <iuill longest ; third and fifth a little shorter ; second much longer than si.\tli. Tail nearly even ; the lateral 

 feather shorter. Above, rather dark bluish slate ; under parts generally, a patch on the upper eyelids continuous with a stripe 

 behind it along the side of the head and neck, the lower eyelids, two bands across the wing coverts and the edires of the quills, 

 in part, rufous orange brown ; middle of belly white. Sides of the head and neck continuous with a broad pectoral transverse 

 band, black. Most of tail feathers with a terminal patch of brownish white. Kill 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, 5.00 ; tail, 3.90 ; Ursus, 155. 



Hab. — Pacific coast North America. Accidental on Long Island and near Boston. 



This strongly marked species in general appearance bears a close resemblance to the American 



robin, but is readily distinguished by its coloration. In addition to the characters already given, 



it may be stated that the axillars are plumbeous, with a white patch at the base ; the under 



wing coverts plumbeous, but broadly tipped with white. There is also an obscure whitish patch 



' Ixoreus, Bonafabte, Notes Orn. Delattre, 1854, 2C. (Comptes Rendus, X.XVIII, 1854.) 



