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Species. Would not be sure, as the way I chanced to notice it 

 was by the sexton beetles moving it." The species will undoul^t- 

 edly be taken in Iowa, as the state lies in the Mississippi River 

 migration route and specimens have been taken both north and 

 south of us. 



Family TURDID^. Thrushes. 



21. (754). Myadestes tozauscndi {And.). Townsend Solitaire. 



" A rare straggler from the western United States. The only 

 accounts of it in the Mississippi Valley district refer to its occa- 

 .sional occurrence in winter" [Niobrara River, Neb., in 1877; 

 Alda, Neb., Jan. 17, 1880; southeastern Nebraska. One was 

 killed at Waukegan, 111., Dec. 16, 1875 — Nelson], (Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. in Miss. Val., 1884-85, p. 282). "Resident in northwest- 

 ern Nebraska . . .in winter spreading eastward over entire 

 state" (Rev. Bds. Neb., p. 114). 



22. (756a). Hylocichla fuscescciis sa/icico/ics (Ridgw.). Wilson 



Thrush. 



This western form of the Wilson Thrush lias been taken as an 

 accidental straggler at Chicago, 111., Sept. 16, 1S77, by H. K. 

 Coale (Cooke, Bird Migr. in Miss. Val., 1884-85, p. 284). "A 

 .single specimen taken at Delevan, Wis., May 6, 1899, ^^^d identi- 

 fied by Mr. Wm. Brewster, is the sole claim for introducing this 

 .species here. We are of the opinion that a careful examination 

 of the n\\gr^.\.ory fuscescois will reveal numbers of this form, espe- 

 cially, it would seem, in the western part of the state" (Kumlien 

 and Hollister, Bds. of Wis., p. 126). 



23- (758c). Hylocichla nshilata almce OhQx\\Q)\<,QX . Alma Thrush. 

 This western variety of the Olive-backed Thrush is a common 

 migrant in western Nebraska (Rev. Bds. Neb., p. 115). "Among 

 specimens of Thrushes sent Mr. Wm. Brewster for examination 

 were two of this subspecies. Both were shot at Lake Koshko- 

 nong earl}^ in May. The difference was detected at once on com- 

 paring with others of sivahisoni, and it must be \'ery uncommon 

 in Wisconsin, although Mr. Brewster later pronounced a speci- 

 men from Delevan as ' almost if not quite gray enough for alma;' ' ' 

 (Kumlien and Holli.ster, Bds. of Wis., p. 127). 



