TURDID.E — TlIK TIIiU'SIlES. U 



■\Vlnii incubation has ('(ininu-iiccHl, tlie female is reliictiint lo leave her uust. 

 II' driven oil' she utters no eoni[ilaint, hut remains close at hand anil returns 

 at tlie iirst t)pportunity. 



They construct their nost early in INFay, and the younj,' are hatclied in the 

 latter part of that niontli, or tiie Iirst of June. Tliey raise two broods in the 

 season. The nest, even more h)osely put together tliau tliat of the (Iround 

 Swami) liobin (/'. pal/uni), is often with ditliculty ke])t complete. It is 

 al>out o inciies in height, 4A in diameter, with a cavity U inches deep and 

 .'! in width, and cf)mi)osed of dry bark, dead leaviss, stems, and woody hbres, 

 intermingled with gra.sses, caricas, sedges, etc., and linetl with soft skeleton 

 leaves. A nest from Wisconsin was composed entirely of a coarse species of 

 Sjian/aiifum; the dead stalks and leaves of which were interwoven with a 

 very striking effect. 



The eggs, usually four, sometimes live in number, are of a uniform green 

 color, with a sliglit tinge of blue, and average M by .('.(i of an indi in 

 diameter. 



Turdus aliciae, B.vinn. 



ORAT-CHEEKED THBUSH; ALICE'S THSXTSH, 



Tiinliis ii/iri(i; IS.vn;!", Hints N. .\iii. l.s.'iS, :\7, pliite 81, f. 2. — In. iirvii'w .\iii. Uinls, I, 

 l»tl4, L'l. ColKs, I'l'. Ac. N. Sc. Auk. l**"!. '.217 (Lalmuloi). -In. Catal. IlinU of 

 Wu.sliiii},'t(iii. — (irNipi,.\cii, Ki'iM'itorii), iMl.'i, ii'.t (Ciilia). - Lawk. Ann. N. Y. I,yc. 

 I.\, '.n (Costa Hica). — D.M.i, ami Uanmsi il;, liii.ls Alaska. - lillxnvAV, lic'iimt. 



Si'. CiiAK. Aliovc nearly puri! (lark oliv '-{,'rt't'U : .«i(los of tlu' lie •' a.sli-i.'ray ; tiio chin, 

 liiroat, and luiilcr pait.s wiiilo; iiiiicst bt'l' ml. Sitlcs of throat ai .i oss the bri-a.st with 

 aii'ow-.sliai)('il spot.s of dark plmnbi'oii.s-lii iwii. Siilcs of boily i i axillaries dull (frayisli- 

 olivaci'oiis. Tiliiiu [iliniilii'ou.s; Ic^'s lirowii, boiigtli, iieai-jy 8 Inclics; wiiij,', 4.'J(t: tail, 

 :!.1!0: tai'siis. 1.1."), 



IIaii. Kastcni North .Viiici'iia to slioics of .Vrclic Orcaii. ami aloiitr iiortlicrn coast from 

 lialirador to ICoiliak, hrcciliii;.; in iiiiMiciisc luiiiilicis hclwccii tho mouths of .Ma<'lvcii/.ic ami 

 Coppciiiihrc. West to l-'ort Yukon auil Missouii Ivivcr Stalui;. Wiiitcr.s .south to Costii 

 Uica. Cliiiii[ui. Sai.vix ; Cuba, (Uxdi.ach. 



As originiiUy described, this specie.^ differs from ><ii'(iin!<()ii> in larger 

 size, longer bill, feel, and wings es])ecially, straigliter and narrower bill. 

 Tlie back is of a greener (dive. Tlie bretist and sides of the head are 

 entirely destitute of the bull' tinge, or tit best tiiis is very fsiintly indictited 

 on tiio upper ])iirt of the breast. The most chamcteristic features sire seen 

 on tlie side of t!ie head. Here Ihere is no indication whatever of thti light 

 line fr(>ni nostril to eye, and scarcely any of a light ring rmmd the eye, — 

 tlie v.h(de region iteing grayisli-tdive, relieved slightly by whiti.sh shaft- 

 streaks on llu! ear coverls. Tlio sides of liody, a.villars, and tibia' are 

 olivai'cons-gray, witluait any of the fiilvons tinge seen in siniliisinii. 

 The bill measures .•40 from tip to nostril, sometimes more; tarsi, l.'Jl ; 



