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List of specimens examined — Continued. 

 FEMALES. 



3a. HYLOCicnLA alioi^e bicknelli Ridgw. 

 {BichieWs Thrush.) 



Ch. — Similar to HyJoclchJa alicicc Baird, but mucli smaller and (usually) 

 with the bill more slender. Wiug^ 3.40-3.80 (3.(35) ; tail, 2.G0-2.90 (2.75) ; 

 culmeu, .50-.52 (.5) ; tarsus, 1.10-1.25 (1.13) ; middle toe,.G5-.70 (.08). 



Eah. — Breeding near the summit of Slide Mountain, Ulster County, 

 ^New York (Bicknell), and probably in other mountainous districts of 

 the northeastern United States; in migrations mixed with H. alickc. 



Mr. Eugeue P. Bicknell, of Riverdale, N. Y., has very kindly given 

 me i)ermission to describe the present new Thrush, which no one else 

 appears to have met with. The above diagnoses and following remarks 

 are based entirely upon the specimens in Mr. Bicknell's collection, which 

 are the only ones I have seen. It is also proper to state here that the 

 differences presented by these specimens from true H. alicicc were first 

 noticed by Mr. Bicknell, and by him pointed out to me. 



The seven specimens upon which this new race is based are uniformly 

 very much smaller than true H. alickc^ with slenderer bills, and present 

 also certain slight but rather indefinite peculiarities of coloration. After 

 a very careful comparison, however, I am unable to find any constant 

 colordiflterences which can be expressed in a diagnosis. Some speci- 

 mens, notably the two males from Slide Mountain (where Mr. Bicknell 

 found the present bird breeding in company with H. iistidata sivainsoni 

 and S. unalasccc pallasi, and having very distinctive habits and notes 

 as compared with the two species in question), have the upper parts 

 much browner than in aJk-iw, with tbe wings and tail api)reciably 

 more reddish. In fact, the general aspect of the ui)per parts ap- 

 proaches more closely that of H. ustulata^ but the shade is much darker 



