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carefully sexed and measured. Few specimens have been 

 shot in our area, but this should not be taken as indicating 

 its rarity. Breeding directly north of us, it must pass through 

 in numbers every spring and fall. I cannot regard this bird 

 as identifiable in life, and reject all sight records. It is true 

 that every year I see very small Gray-cheeked Thrushes, 

 sometimes with direct comparison with other species, and 

 others have often had the same experience. The difference 

 in size, however, is so slight, and the chance for error so 

 great, that there is no real satisfaction in speculating on the 

 subspecific identity of these birds. There is a very good 

 chance, however, that judicious collecting of such suspicious 

 looking birds would prove that a majority of them, at least, 

 belonged to this race. 



Long Island. Not uncommon transient, collected chiefly in 

 fall; May 21 and 22; September 18 to October 23. 



LONG BEACH. One found freshly killed October 12, 1921 

 (Bicknell). 

 New York State. 



BRONX REGION. Specimens collected May 16, 1887 and 

 May 12, 1890 (Dwight). 



New Jersey. I am not aware of a specimen ever having been 

 taken in our section. 



OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH (Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni) 

 A very common transient throughout, but less common 



on Long Island, arriving a little earlier both spring and fall 



than the Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



Long Island. Fairly common transient; April 30 and May 8 

 to May 30; September 4 to October 30. 



ORIENT. Uncommon transient; May 3, 1908 to May 24, 

 1911; September 15, 1914 to October 10, 1915. 

 MASTIC. Uncommon transient. 



LONG BEACH. May 8, 1919 (Bicknell), May 26, 1918 (J. 

 M. Johnson), and May 30, 1911 (Griscom, Hix and Rogers); 

 regular in fall, September 15, 1921 to October 13, 1919 

 (Bicknell). 



