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236), and there are several recent instances of its capture near 

 Providence, R. I. (Purdie, ibid., II, 1877, 20), and in Connecticut 

 (Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 8; Sage, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VIII, 1883, 179; Auk, III, 1886, ). 



*333. Turdus musteliims. WOOD THRUSH. Common sum- 

 mer visitant, except in the higher portions of Berkshire County. 



*334. Turdus fuscescens. WILSON'S THRUSH. Common 

 summer resident. 



335. Turdus alici*. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. Common 

 spring and fall migrant. 



3350. Turdus aliciae bickiielli. BICKNELL'S THRUSH. 

 " Regular and rather common spring and fall migrant. .-. .Some 

 seasons it is more numerous than the true alicitz" {Breivster, in lit.}. 

 First recorded from Massachusetts by Mr. Brewster in 1883 (Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, 1883, 17). 



*336. Turdus list ulatus swainsonii. OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH. 

 Common spring and autumn migrant. Probably breeds in por- 

 tions of Berkshire County, where Mr. Brewster found it common 

 in June, 1883 (Auk, I, 1884, 12, 15). 



*337. Turdus aonalaschka3 pallasii. HERMIT THRUSH. 

 Spring and fall migrant, except in the mountainous portions of 

 the State west of the Connecticut Valley, where it is a common 

 summer resident ; also occasionally breeds in other parts of the 

 State, notably in Barnstable County, in parts of which it is a not 

 uncommon summer bird. 



*338. Merula migratoria. AMERICAN ROBIN. Abundant 

 summer resident ; a few remain during winter at favorable local- 

 ities. 



[339.] Hesperocichla naevia. VARIED THRUSH. Acci- 

 dental. As yet the only authentic record of its occurrence is its 

 capture at Ipswich, in December, 1864 (Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., 

 V, 1868, 312; Am. Nat, III, Jan. 1870, 572 ; see further, on its 

 supposed earlier occurrence in Massachusetts, Proc. Essex Inst., 

 IV, 1864, 82). 



*340. Sialia sialis. BLUEBIRD. Abundant summer resident. 



