48 BIRDS. 



2. T. ncevius, Gm. OREGON ROBIN. VARIED THRUSH. 

 Slate color, orange brown below; L. 9f ; W. 5; T. 4. 

 Pacific slope, accidental in Mass., N. .!., and L. I. 



3. METHRIOPTERUS, Reich. MOCKING THRUSHES. 



1. M. rufus, (L.) Ridgw. BROWN THRUSH. SANDY 

 MOCKING BIRD. THRASHER. Cinnamon red above; 

 lower parts thickly spotted; bill nearly straight, shorter 

 and much less curved than in many other Harporhynchi, 

 five species of which occur in the U. S. beyond the 

 Rocky Mountains; L. 11; W. 4; T. 5. E. U. S., 

 abundant. A brilliant songster. 



4. /Iff /M US, Boie. MOCKING BIRDS. 



1. M. polyglottus, (L.) Boie. MOCKING BIRD. Ashy 

 brown above; wings blackish, with white wing bars; 

 tail blackish, outer feathers white; I',. 9J; W. 4-J; T. 5. 

 U. S., chiefly southerly; N. to Mass., Iowa, etc. A 

 renowned songster. 



5. GALEOSCOPTES, Cabanis. CAT BIRDS. 

 < MimuS) Boie. 



1. G. carolinensis, (L.) Cab. CAT BIRD. Dark slate 

 color; crown and tail black; crissum brownish chestnut; 

 L. 8f ; W.' 3|; T. 4. U. S., every where. 



6. MYIADESTES, Swainson. FLY -CATCHING THRUSHES. 



1. M. townsendi, (And.) Cab. TOAVNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. 

 Ashy gray, paler below; wing bands buffy; tail blackish; 

 whitish ring about eye; young with reddish spots; L. 8; 

 W. 4J; T. 4J. Rocky Mountains and westward, straying 

 E. to Chicago. (Nelson.) An exquisite songster. 



