266 COUES, BIRDS or new ENGLAND. 



Tardus mustelinus Gm. — Wood Thrush. A moder- 

 ately abundant summer resident in more southern por- 

 tions ; but not apparently extending much farther north 

 than Massachusetts. Still, "common summer resident," 

 Hamilton, C. W., (Mcll., p. 84.) It is not recorded in 

 Maine lists. 



Nos. 550, 551. Essex Co. S. Jillson. 



Turdus Pallasii Cab. — Hermit Thrush. Abundant. 

 Spring and autumn migrant through the more southern, 

 and very common summer resident in the northern, por- 

 tions of New England. "Has been known to breed" (in 

 Mass., Smn., p. 5). "The most common Thrush ex- 

 cept the Robin" (Norway, Me., in summer, Verr., p. 

 10). A few may possibly winter in New England, as 

 individuals are "occasionally seen during the winter ;" 

 (Essex Co., Mass., Putn., p. 209.) "Have not found it 

 breeding here;" (Springfield, Mass., AIL, p. 56.) This 

 is the T. ^^soUtarius" or T. "7nino7'" of earlier general 

 and local writers. 



No. 562, ^. Essex Co. S. Jillson. 



Turdus fuscescens Steph. — Wilson's Thrush. Tawny 

 Thrush. "Veery." Summer resident, breeding through- 

 out New England, most abundantly in its more southern 

 portions. "It is the most numerous here of all the wood- 

 land Thrushes, and the only one that breeds here in 

 abundance, and the only one, excepting T. mustelinus. ^^ 

 (Springfield, Mass., AIL, p. 56.) This is the T. " Wil- 

 soniV of earlier authors. 



Turdus S'wainsonii Cab. — Olive-backed Thrush. 

 Chiefly a spring and autumn migrant, though many breed, 

 more especially in the northern portions. I have not seen 

 it recorded as breeding so far south as Massachusetts. 

 Usually quite common. It is a species only recognized 

 of late years, and not given in earlier local lists, either 

 from its absence from the works of AVilson and Audubon, 

 or from confounding it with other species. 



No. 553, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson. 

 No. 554. Essex Co. S. Jillson. 



No. 112. Chicago, Illinois. E. Kennicott; from the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Science, 1864. 



