34 A NATURALIST IN THE MACGDALEN ISLANDS. 
3. LURDUS SWAINSONI, Cab. 
(OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH.) 
I do not think it is at all uncommon, although but one 
specimen was taken, an adult male. 
Probably breeds. 
4. MIMUS CAROLINENSIS, (L.) Gr. 
(CATBIRD.) 
I include this species with hesitation, as we did not take 
a single specimen; but upon two occasions I heard what I 
believed to be its peculiar cry. 
5s. SAXICOLA G:NANTHE, (L.). Bechstein. 
(STONE CHAT.) 
On August 22, while walking along a narrow roadway, 
a bird suddenly started up in front of me and lit on a fence 
a few yards away. It was very tame, and allowed me to 
approach within a few feet of it, while it sat cocking its head 
