REPORT PROPER. 



[EMBRACING BIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER NOTES ON THE SPECIES OBSERVED.] 



Family TUKDID^— Thrushes, 

 tukdus migratorius.^ 



Kobiii-Tliriisli; American Robin. 



Turdus mioratorius, LiNN., S. N,, I, 1766, 292.— Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 218 ; Cat. 

 N. Alii. B., 1859, No. 155; Rev. Am. B., 1864, 28.— CooPER, B. Cal., I, 1870, 

 7.— CouES, Key, 1872, 71, fig. 13; Check List, 1873, No. 1; B. N.W., 1874, 1. 



Turdus migratorius var. migratorius, B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., 1, 1874, 25, pi. ii, 

 fig. 3. — Henshaw, 1875, 143. 



The Common Robin was not found at Sacramento in June, nor was 

 it seen anywhere in the Sacramento Valley until we neared the foot-hills of 



' For obvious reasons, we have abstained from burdening this report with numer- 

 ous references, and have confined the citations to the more important general works, 

 including, of course, the original description of the species, and the first authority for 

 the binomial combination as adopted. Those desiring other references are advised to 

 consult Dr. Coues's "Birds of the Northwest," and Mr. Henshaw's report, cited below, 

 where may be found in the very complete syuouyinatic tables almost any reference 

 required. The general works quoted in this report are the following:— 



(1.) "Baird,B.N. Am., 1858."— Vol.IX, Pacific R.R. Reports.— Birds: by Spencer 

 F. Baird, Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institution, with the cooperation of John 

 Cassin and George N. Lawrence. Washington, D. C, 1858. 



(2.) "Baibd, Catal. N. Am. B., 1859."— Catalogue of North American Birds, 

 chiefly in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. [First octavo edition.] Washing- 

 ton : Smithsonian Institution [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, No. 108], 1859. 



(3.) " Baird, Rev. Am. B."— Review of American Birds, in the Museum of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. Part I. Washington : Smithsonian Institution [Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections, No. 181], LS64-1S66. [Edition with indices, published 1872.J 



(4.) " B. B. & R., Iliat. N. Am. B."— History of North American Birds, by S. F. 

 Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway [etc.j, 3 vols. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1874. 



(5.) "CoUES, Key."— Key to North American Birds [etc.]. By Elliott Coues, 

 Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Salem : Naturalists' Agency, 1872. 



(6.) "CoUES, Check List."— Check List of North American Birds. By Dr. Elliott 

 Coue.s, U. S. A. Salem : Naturalists' Agency, 1874. 



(7 ) "CoUES, B. N.W."— Birds of the Northwest [etc.]: Miscellaneous Publica- 



