126 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Subfamily Pofo'opfo7mtfe. Gnatcatchers 

 Genus Polioptila. Sclater. 



241. Slue-gray Gnatsnatcher. P. cserulea. (Liun.) 

 " Accidental Visitant." Mr. Kuetzing saw one 



example of this species in Mr. Craig's collection, 

 shot on the Island of Montreal a number of years 

 ago, but Mr. Craig says he does not remember 

 having it in his possession. 



Family Turdidce. Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, 

 Bluebirds, etc. 



Subfamily Turdince. Thrushes. 



Genus Turdus. Linnaeus. 

 Subgenus " Hylocichla." Baird. 



242. Wood Thrush. T. mustelinus. (Gmel.) 



" Accidental Visitant." This thrush is said to 

 occur in the Eastern Townships, but I have never 

 met with it in this district yet. I saw one speci- 

 men in the hands of the late William Couper, taxi- 

 dermist, and which I think he had received from 

 E-oxton Falls, P.Q., to stuff. I can consider it only 

 as a straggler at present in this district. 



243. Wilson's Thrush. T. fuscesens. (Steph.) 



" Summer Resident," common. Breeds in Mount 



