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and Kaxoii .1 have no doubt but what the Florida Cat Bird was a constant resident on Kej- West at the 

 time when I obtained the type. Specimens obtained at Miami and on the Bahamas appear to be so much 

 like our northern birds as to be indistinguishable. 



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Fig. I'Jl. Head and upper man- 

 dible of adult Key West Cat Bird. 



Bird. 



Fig. 122. Head of adult Cat 



MERULA NAEVIA. 



Varied Thrush. 

 DESCRIPTION. 

 Sp. Cn. Differs from the common Robin, which in general form and coloration it resembles, in having 

 a broad black collar on neck which extends along the sides of the head to the bill, in having a chestnut line 

 back of eye, and two bands of a similar color on the wings. Female, duller. Size of the Robin. Eggs, 

 smaller but spotted with dark brown. Occurs on the Pacific coast, accidental in New Jersey, Long Island, 

 and Massachusetts. 



TURDUS ILIACUS. 

 Rei*- WINGED Thrush. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. About the size of the Robin. Greenish brown above, darkest on the head, palest on the rump. 

 Wings, dark brown, with the coverts and inner secondaries tipped with whitish. The eyelids and a super- 

 ciliary stripe are whitish. Tail, dark brown, the outer feathers white tipped. Grayish white below, becom- 

 ing yellowish on throat which is streaked with dark brown. Sides and under wing coverts, pale red. A 

 European species occurring in Greenland. 



