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OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH (Y'urdus olivaceus). Met with in 
October, 1849, and at no other period. This thrush is not 
described either by Wilson or Audubon, and appears to 
have been overlooked by those celebrated ornithologists. 
Gerard, in his account of the birds of Long Island, de- 
scribes the species under the above name. 
Micratory THrusH (Turdus migratorius). On the 13th 
of March, 1850, I fell in with a smali flock of these 
thrushes in a cedar grove, near Chief Justice Butterfield’s 
pond ; and the day following, a friend who resided near 
the spot, sent me a fine specimen. Five years afterwards, 
I received a specimen from Mr. Hodgson Smith, of Riddle’s 
Bay ; this was on the 29th of March, 1855. 
Cat Brrp (Orpheus Carolinensis). This bird is very de- 
structive to grapes, and feeds with avidity on the small 
capsicum, or bird pepper, the most pungent of its kind, 
which it plucks and swallows entire. 
YELLOW-CROWNED Woop WARBLER (Sylvicola coronata). 
Another specimen was obtained on the 5th of April, 1855, 
and three others were found (April 30th, 1854), in a collec- 
tion of skins prepared by Captain Tolcher (56th Regiment), 
who informed me that he shot them at Somerset from a 
flock of those birds, which numbered upwards of a hun- 
dred. The date of this occurrence I have omitted to make 
note of. 
PINE-CREEPING WooD WARBLER (S. pinus). On the 5th 
of October, 1850, the night being very dark, with a pouring 
rain, many of these birds were captured on the outer ledges 
of the lantern of the lighthouse, on Gibb’s Hill; one of 
these I obtained. On the 15th of October, in the same year, 
Captain Drummond observed from his quarters, at Ireland 
