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NORTH AMERICAN RIRDS. 



tlie Faroe Islands, Ict'Lnul, and Xortlicrn IJnssia. Tlio LToncral character 

 of its food, its inability to feed exclusively on l>eiTies, and the fact that 

 it perishes from starvati«»n in severe wintei-s, would seem to prove that its 

 occun*ence in (Jreenland so late as October must have been ])urely acci- 

 dental. It is not probable that its presence in North America will be found 

 to Ix^ a common (!vent. 



The eggs measure 1.00 inches in length by .81 in breadth. The ground 

 color is a light green with a bluish tinge tliickly covered with russet or 

 reddish-brown spots, continent at the larger end. 



SrBOExuH FLANESTICUS, Honap. 



r/inirsfit'us, Ijonai*. Coinptt's Ivt'iulus, 1854. (Ty|H' Turdn'i juiii'iirntsi^^ (tMKiJN.) 



This section of the Thrushes is well represented in America, es]>ecially in 

 its middle and southern portions, and its members have a close resenddance 



to tlie tyj)ical European 

 species in the full form, 

 stout legs, etc., as .already 

 stated. The s)>ots on the 

 throat, and their absence 

 elsewhere on the under 

 part of the body, are suf- 

 ficient t(^ distinguish them. 

 Of tlie two North Anier- 

 ican species one is the 

 well-known Ilobin, the 

 other a clo.selv related 

 form from Cape St. Lucas, 

 M'hich indeed is probably 

 onlv a local race or varietv. although notliing exactly like it has yet been 

 found away from Lower California. The following diagnosis may serve to 

 distinguish the two birds : — 



Common Ciiahactkrs. Throat white with dark streaks. Rest of under parts, 

 iucliidinir liiiiiijr ol^vinL^ reddish or oehraceous; the anal region whitish; lower 

 eyelid white. Nest on tn-es. Etrirs plain hhie. 



Above slaty-olive, approaehinpr to black on the head. Beneath rnfous- 

 ehestimt. Spot in lore and on npper eyelid of white. Tail. 4.2.'). Hah. 

 Whole of North Anieriea; Mexico, south to Oaxaca and Cordova; Cuba 

 (very rare) and Toba^jo, of West Indies .... var. migratorins. 



Above <lull prrayish-a>li. not dark«'r on the hea«l. Beneath pale yellowish- 

 liufl': tins^fj'd with ashy across breast ; a ct>ntinuous white strijie from the 

 lores over and a (piarter of an inch behind the e^'e. More white on belly 

 and flanks than in T. vn'tjratoridx. Bill stouter; tail only 3.7'), while the 

 wing is the same. Hah. Cape St. Lucas, Lower California . . var. coufnix. 



Turd us mis;rnt(irius. 



