6 Nehrling on Birds of Southeaster?! Texas. 



white thickly streaked with black for the lower two-thirds ; jugular plumes 

 chiefly white, their lengthened tapering portion entirely so. Upper sur- 

 face uniform bluish plumbeous, the lengthened scapular plumes hoary 

 whitish or pale silvery gray. Upper breast uniform black; abdomen and 

 lower breast white, rather indistinctly streaked with dark gray; anal 

 region mixed black and white, in longitudinal dashes (the black rather 

 predominating) ; crissum immaculate pure white. Tibiae uniform light 

 cinnamon; edge of the wing (especially near the bend) deeper cinnamon, 

 but this much mixed with white toward the bases of the quills ; lining of 

 the wing, axillars, sides, and flanks, uniform plumbeous. Bill, appar- 

 ently, entirely oliyaceous-yellow ; naked portion of tibiae yery pale brown 

 (eyidentl}' yellowish or flesh-colored in life) ; tarsi light brown (olivaceous 

 in life?), darker in front ; toes light brown. Wing, 20.50 : culmen, 6.75; 

 depth of bill through nostril, i.io; tarsus. 8.75; middle toe, 5.10; naked 

 portion of tibiae, 5.50. 



Mr. W. H. Collins, of Detroit, who kindly presented the 

 specimen described above to the National Museum, has sent me 

 measurements of two other specimens, one in his own possession, 

 the other mounted for Mr. Ward. As may be seen below they 

 agree closely in dimensions wdth the type, their measurements 

 being, respectively, wing 20.00-20.50 ; culmen 6.50-7.00 ; depth 

 of bill through nostril, 1.25; tarsus, 8.75-9.00; middle toe, 

 5.25-5.45 ; naked portion of tibia, 5.75-6.00. 



LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED AT HOUSTON, HARRIS 

 CO., TEXAS AND VICINITY AND IN THE COUN- 

 TIES MONTGOMERY, GALVESTON AND FORD 

 BEND. 



BY H. NEHRLIXG. 



1. Turdus migratorius, L. Robin. — Very common in the woods 

 from November to April. Very shy and retiring during their stay; only 

 a few have been observed in the larger gardens of Houston. Feeds 

 abundantly on the berries of the holly (^Ilex opaca) and the myrtle-holly 

 {Orcop/iila jnyrtifolia). About the 15th of April all have departed for 

 the North. 



2. Turdus mustelinus, Gmel. Wood Thrush. — Arrives from the 

 North early in October when the aromatic berries of the Alagnolia grandi- 



Jlora are ripe, on which they eagerly feed. On account of this food the 

 flesh is very delicate and large numbers are killed by pot hunters, who 

 call them " Grassets." In the winter months they appear not to be com- 

 mon and inhabit swampy thickets and bottom woods. 



