28 SYNONYMY OF TURDUS MUSTELINUS 



into the present work, since it is not known to occur in the 

 Colorado Basin, its synonymy and description are subjoined,* 

 to complete a review of the subject. A figure of the head of 

 this species is likewise given. 



WHEN we come to sketch the life-history of the Hermit 

 Thrush, we shall be met by difficulties as great as those 

 that beset the interpretation of its written record, if we attempt 

 to discriminate between the three recognized varieties. Their 

 mode of life is the same, notwithstanding the points of dissimi- 



*The Wood Thrush. Turdus (Hylocichla) mustelinus, 



Tawny Thrush, Penn. AZ.ii.1785, 337, No. 198 (New York). Lath. Syn.ii.pt. i. 1783, 26, No. 

 15. (Not of Wilson. ) 



TurdllS mustelinus, Gm. SN. i. pi. ii. 1738, 817, No. 57 (based on Penn. & Lath.). Tun. SN. 

 i. 1806, Ml. Lath. 10. i. 1790, 331, No. 15. Vieill. OAS. ii. 1807,6, pi. 6-2. Bp. Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. ii. 1826, 75.Nutt. Man. i. 1832,' 343. And. OB. i. 1832, 372; v. 1839, 446 ; pi. 73. 

 Bp. C. & GL. 1838, 17. Peab. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 304. D' Orb. La Sag. Cuba, Ois. 

 1839, 48 (Cuba). And. BA. iii. 1841, 24, pi. 144. Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 144 (in winter). 

 'Bp. CA. i. 1850, 270. Read, Pr. Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, 398 (Ohio). Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 vi. 1853, 310 (Wisconsin). Woodh. Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 12,Gerhardt, Naum. iii. 1853, 

 38. Kennic. Tr. Illinois State Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 601. Pratten, Tr. Illinois State Agric. 

 Soc. i. 1855, 582. Gund. J. f. O. 1855, 469 (Cuba). Haym. Pr. Phila. Acad. viii. 1856, 

 289 (Indiana). Putn. Proc. Essex lost. i. 1856, 209. Scl. PZS. 1856, 294 (Cordova). 

 Kneel. Pr. Bost. Soc. vi. 1857, 234. Maxim. J. f. O. 1853, 179. Bd. BNA. 1858, 212. 

 Bland. Smiths. Rep. for 1858,1859, 287 (Bermudas). Scl. fy Salv. Ibis, 1859, 6 (Guate- 

 mala). SW. PZS. 1859, 325 (critical), 362 (Xalapa). Moore, PZS. 1859, 55 (Omoa). Mar- 

 tens, J. f. 0. 1859, 212 (Bermudas). Gicbel, Vog. 1860, 37, fig. 84. Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 vii. 1860, 307 (Cuba). Barn. Smiths. Rep. for 1863, 1861, 435 (Pennsylvania). Scl. Ibis, iii, 

 1861, 282. Gundl. J. f. 0. 1861, 324 (Cuba). Coues ff Prcnt. Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862, 

 .Hayd. Tr. Am. Philos. Soc. xii. 1862, 158 (Missouri River). Albr. J. f. O. 1662, 194, 

 201 (Jamaica). Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864, 55. Bd. Rev. AB. 1864, 13. Hoy, Smiths. 

 Rep. for 1864, 1865, 437 (Missouri). Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 281. Mcllwr. Pr. 

 Ess. Inst. v. 1866, 84 (Canada West). Allen, Am. Nat. i. 1867, 110. Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 xii. 1868, 106 (South Carolina). Coues, Pr. Esrf. Inst, v. 1868, 266. SumicJt. Mem. Bost. 

 Soc.i. 1869, 543 (Vera Cruz). Turnb. B. E. P%. 1869, 21; Phila. ed. 14. Abbott, Am. 

 Nat. iv. 1870, 540, 541. Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst.vi. 1871, 115. Allen, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 

 266. Allen, Bull. MCZ. iii. 1872, 124, 173 (Kansas). Gundl. J. f. O. 1872,405 (Cuba). 

 Scott, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 220. Coues, Key, 1872, 72. Trippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 

 1873, 234. Ooues, BNW. 1874, 2. B. B. fy R. NAB. i, 1874, 7, pi. i. f. i.Breic. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. xvii. 1875, 438. 



Merula mustelina, Rich. List, 1837. 



Merula mustelinus, Denny, PZS. 1847, 38. 



Turdus melOdcs, Bartr. Trav. 1791, p. 290 bis. 



Turdus melodUS, Wilt. AO. i. 1808, 35, pi. 2, f. l.Licht. "Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. 1330, 2"; 



J. f. 0. 1863, 57. Gosse, Alabama, 1859, 295. 

 Turdus melodius, Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 33. 

 Turdus densus, Bp. CR. xxviii. 1853, 2. 

 Grive dCS BoiS, Flute, LeMoine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 176. 

 Merle tanne, D'Orbig. i. c. 



CH. SP. $ 9 Supra musteUnus, caudam versus olivascens; subius albus, pcctore 

 lateribusque maculis magnis, numerosis, rotundatis, nigris notatis. 



$ , $ , adult : Upper parts, including the surface of the closed wings, 

 tawny-brown, purest and deepest on the head, shading insensibly into oliva- 



