w 



Trunm.K — TiiK Tiir.rsiiKs. 



3. T. alicise. nravish <lovf-1)rowii al>ov«^ ; broast almost whifr. with 

 bread, l»lai-ki>li sjiots : whole si»K' of iicatl uuironii jriayish. Wmjr, 

 4/J(); tail, ^{.20; lulinni. .77; tarsus, l.l.'i. Ifnh. Knsivvn Proviii.-c 

 North AnuM-ica froiu short' of Arctic Ocean. Fort Viiktm, and Kodiak 

 to Costa Kica. West to Missmni River. Cuba. 



b. A nni-i/n'rinius orbital rin'j *>/ buff. 



4. T. swainsonL 



Cireeiiish-olive alK)ve, brejv^t and sides of head stron^dy tin«red with 

 bull'. Spots «)!! breast broad, distinct, nearly black. Lenj;th, 

 7.00; win^', 3.;m); tail, 'J.'-H) ; euhnen, .<m ; tarsus, 1.10. llnb. 

 Eastern and Mithlle Trovinces of North America. N«»rth to 

 Slave Lake, south to Ecuador, west to East Humboldt Moun- 

 tains ^'»r. swainsoni. 



Brownish-olive above, somewhat more rufesoent on wing; breast 

 and head strontrly washed with dilute rufous. Spots on breast 

 narrow, scarcely darker than ba<'k. Win^', 3.8'); tail, .'*.(«); eul- 

 men, .70; tiirsus, l.lO. J/ah. Pacific Province of Cnitetl States, 



(fuatemala var. nstulatus. 



C. Above olivaceous, bccominjjr abruptly more reddish on uj)per tail-coverts 

 and tail. Spots as in siniiusom', but lar«;«'r and less transverse, — more sharply 

 dehned. An orbital ring of pale buD". Nest on ground ; eggs blue, probably 

 unspotted. 



T. pallasL 

 Olivaceous of ui>|)er parts like nsfiilafxs. Reddish of upper tail- 

 coverts invading lower part of rump; no marked diHerence in 

 tint between the tail and its upper coverts. Flanks and tibiiu 

 vellowisli olive-brown ; a faint tinge of bull* acri\ss the breast. 

 Eggs plain. Wing, 3,80; tail. 3.00; eulmen, .70; tarsus, 1.20. 

 Ifub. Eastern Province of Cnited States (only ?) . . \i\r. jtallus i . 

 Olivaceous of upper parts like sirduisimi. Reddish of tail not in- 

 vading the rumi), and the tail decidely more eastaneous than the 

 upjuT covert.s. Beneath almost pure white ; scarcely any bulT 

 tinge on breast ; flanks and tibiie grayish or plumbeous olive. 

 Size smaller than snuiinsoni ; bill depressed. Wing, 3.00; tail, 

 2.(50; culm«*n, .(10; tarsus, l.l."). J/ab. Western Province of North 

 America, from Kodiak to Cape St. Lucas. East to East Humboldt 



Mountahis var. nanus. 



Olivaceous abo\e, like preceding; the upper tail-coverts scarcely 

 difVcrent from the back. Tail yellowish-rufous. Beneath like 

 VON us. Size larger than su'ainsoui. Wing, 4.20; tail, 3.35; eul- 

 men, .80; tarsus, 1.30. Hah. Rocky Mountains. From Fort 

 Bridger, south (in winter) to Southern Mexico . . var. audubon i. 



5. 



Turdus mustelinus, (Imelin. 



THE WOOD THBUSH. 



Turdus vnistdhnts, Gmelin% Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 817. — Ai'dubon, Om. Biog. I, 1832, 372, 

 pi. 73. — Ib. Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 24, pL 144. — D'Okb. U Sagra's Cuba Ois. 1840, 

 49. — BAiKr>, Birds N.Am. 1858, 212. — Ib. Rev. Am. Birds, 1864, 13. — Sglatei:, 

 P. Z. S. 1856, 294, and 1859, 325. — JoxEs, Nat. iu Bermuda, 26. — Guxdlacu, 



