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NORTH AMERICAN HIRI)!^. 



the Faroe Jtilaiids, Ici'laiid, mid Xortlicni Itnssia. Tlio ^oiicnd cliaradcr 

 of its food, its inability to tct'd cxtdnsivcly on bcrrios, and tlio fact tliat 

 it j'ln'islies i'roni starvation in .sovcro winters, would soeni to prove tliat its 

 occurrences in (Jreenland so late as October nnist have been ]iurely acci- 

 dental. It is not ja'oliable tiiat its presence in North America will be found 

 to be a common event. 



The eg<;,s measure l.(ir> inches in len<j;th by .81 in breadtli. The y;round 

 color is a liglit .Lireen with a bluish tinge thickly covered with rassot or 

 reddish-brown spot.s, conlluent at the larger end. 



Snini-NTs PLANESTICtJS, RoNwr. 



J'/dlii-nficii.i, liiiNAI'. ('oIii|itr.s liclidlls, IS;')!. (Tv|ic Tiin/ii.i jiiiii'iiriiisii, (Jmki.IN.) 



Tliis .'section of the Tlwuslu's is well rejiresented in America, es]iecially in 

 its niiddli' and soutiiern porlions, and its members liave a closi- rt'st'udilanco 



to the typical Kuroiiean 

 sjiecies in the fidl form, 

 sbait legs, etc., as already 

 slati'd. Tiie spots on the 

 tlu'oat, and their absence 

 elsewhere on the under 

 part of l!ie body, are suf- 

 ficit'iit todisiiiiguish tiieni. 

 Of the two North Amer- 

 ican species one is the 

 well-known Uobin, tiie 

 other a closi'ly related 

 fnrm from ('a]ie St. l-ucas, 

 wliich indeed is probably 

 <iidy a local ra<'e or variety, altliough nothing exactly like it lias yet been 

 found away from Ix)wer California. 'I'lie following diagnosis may serve to 

 distinguish the two birds : — 



("(iMMos ('ii.\iiAc'TKH.>J. Tlini.'it wliitc willi (lurk sti'onk.«. Iirsl nf iitnli'i' |iai'ts, 

 iiicliidiiiir liniiiir i>l' wiiiLi'. i'(>(lili,sli or dHiriiccons ; llio luiul re{,'ion wliili.<li; lower 

 o\t'liil while. Ncsl on trees. 1\sj:i;s |)liiill Mile. 



.Vliove sliilv-olive, ;iii|)r(m<'lniiu' to lil.iek on the lieiiil. lieiieiilli rul'on.i!- 

 elieslniit. Spot in lore niiil on ii|i|ier eyelid of wliile. T:iil. l.'J.'i. l/nh. 

 \Vliol<' of North .\nieriea; Mexico, south to Oiixaeii iiml (^Milova; Cnha 

 (very rai-e) .'iiid Tel im;_'o, o|' \Ve<l Indies .... viir. m iijratori v n. 



Above <lull f:r.iyi.-li-;isli, not darker on the head, nenealii ]iale yellowi.sli- 

 liillV; tini,'ed with ashy across lireast : a eonliniions white stripe from llie 

 lore.« over and a (piarler ol' jni ineh lieliiiid the eye. ''ore white on helly 

 and (lank.s tlmii in 7! initinitnn'ii.i. Hill stonier; ti only •'!.7''>, while the 

 win^r is till! .same. //'(/>. Cape Si. I.neas, Lower i 'alili>rnia . . vnr. m ii j! ii i s. 



Tin litis inii^riitoriiis. 



