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Turdus migratorius, vm. migratorius, Linn. 



BOBIN ; AHEBICAN BEDBBEA8T. 



Timlii'i i,ii;iriilnn'ii.i, Mnn. S. X. llitli cd. 17iiii, 2'.i-2. Sci.aiki;. 1*. Z. S. IH.Ifi, sni; 



18r.!», :i;n ; laa-l, 17:2. - in. Cutiil. Am. lUnls, l.S(!l, 4. - Sri.AiKi! k S.M.viN, ll)is, 



1H()(I, ;t!tti (Cohan).- liAiiiii, liiids N. .\iii. 18r.,H, '218 ; licv. .\iii. li. lS(i4, -iS. 



CoopKii & SniKi.KY, I'. 1!. 1!. li. XII, II, \»!)\\ 17'2. - Duksski!, Iliis, isii,",, 47;,. 



(Trxii.s, wiiilci). ('Dries, I'r. A. N. S. ]8(i(i, (il (Aiizinia). — Dam, vt liANSisiKu 



(Aliiskii'l. — ('(Mii'Ki!, Minis Tnl. — Samtki.s, ].'')4. 

 Kii,'iiifs : VrKii.i.or, Ois. Am. .Si'|>t. II, jil. Ix, l.\i. — Wilson, Am. Oin. I, 1808, jil. ii. — 



1)(H TV, Ciib. X. II. I, 1830, 1)1. xii. — AfDriioN, liinls Am. Ill, pi. .xlii ; Orii. 



liiog. II, 111. cxxxi. 



Si'. CiiAU. Tail .slijrlitly i'ouikIimI. .\1iovo dlivi'-cfray ; Id]) ami sides ol' the head lila<>k. 

 Cliiii anil lliroat wliilf, strcaki'il \vilh lilii'k. Kvclids, tnid .-i spol iiliovc the I'Vi' anlcriorly, 

 wliilc. ruder ]iarls and inside of the \vin<rs. ciiestniit-hidwii. Tlie under fail-eoverts and 

 ;inal n'U'ion, witli liliiie. white, shiiwinf;' the plninlieons inner |iiii-ticins of the leathers. 

 Wiiifi's dark brown, the feathers all edyed niore or le.ss with pale ash. Tail still darker, 

 the extreme feathers tipped with while. Hill yellow dusky alonj; the rid^e and at, the 

 tip. Len).'th, 0.7."i ; wiiifr, ■">.4i! ; tail, 4.75; tarsn.s, l."_'.i. 



IIaI!. The whole of N'orth Aineriea ; ^^exieo, Oaxaea, and Cordova ; (inatennda; Tnlia, 

 very rare, fiUxni.ACii ; Toha^o, I\iuk; l^erimida, Joxks; Ori/.uha (.Mpiiie re;,'ions, lireeding 

 alinndantly), SiMiciiiiAST. 



Yoiinj,' liirds liavc triinsver.sc lilarkisli Imis dii tin; back, iiiul Itlacki.sli 

 spdt.s lieiu'iitli. Till! .slial'ls of tlu' Ics.si'i' cuvei'ts an; .stit^iiked with Iirnwiii.sli- 

 ycUow ; tlio back fciitlicis witb wliito. 



Tliere aru somo vaviiition.';, both 

 of color 1111(1 in'oportious, lictwccii 

 ciistcrii and western speciiiiciis of 

 tho lloliui. In tlu' Latter tlieii^ i,s 

 a tendency to a loiiffer tail, thonoh 

 the dift'eriMice is not marked ; smd, 

 as a rule, they .slightly exceed eti.st- 

 ern siieciniens in si/e. The broad 

 white tip to the lateral tiul-feather 

 — so consincuous a mark of etist- 

 ern birds — is scarcely to lie found 

 at all in tiny western ones; and in 

 the latter the black of the lietul 

 is very sharply delined a<:ainst the 



li.nhfer, clearer ash of ', back, there hardly t^ver beiiio' a tendency in it 

 to continiu! backward in the form of central spots to the feathers, as is 

 almost c. 'istantly seen in eastern exani]iles ; of western spi-ciinetis, tho 

 rufou.s, too, is a])])reciably lioiiter lliaii in eastern. .\s reoards the streaks 

 on the throat, the black or the white may either lare;ely predominate in 

 sjieeimens lium one locality. 



Tltntii.t tni^iltoriiti. 



