COUES, BIEDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 267 



Turdus Alicice Baird. — Gray-cheeked Thrush. Not 

 recorded as having been actually taken in New England, 

 but from its now known range of habitat is undoubtedly 

 to be found there as a spring and autumn migrant, possi- 

 bly breeding in more northern sections. 



A species first introduced by Prof. Baird in 1858, based 

 upon specimens from Illinois. I have since shown that it 

 is a very common Eastern bird, having a range of habitat 

 as extensive as, and nearly identical with, that of T. 

 Swainsonii. 



Mr. J. A. Allen has attempted to show that this spe- 

 cies is not distinct from T. Swainsonii. His remarks 

 (pp. 56-7-8) illustrate very fully the well-known sea- 

 sonal and other variations to which T. Swainsonii and T. 

 fuscescens are subject ; and a citation from Prof. Baird is 

 introduced giving some of the characters of T. Alicice, 

 with which species Mr. Allen appears to have been autop- 

 tically unacquainted at the time of writing.* 



No. 111. Chicago, Illiuois. R. Kennicott; from the Chicago Acad- 

 emy of Science, 1864. 



Harporhynchus rufas Cab. — Brown Thrush. "Thrasher." 

 Abundant summer resident, breeding throughout New 

 England : but not going much farther north. 



No. 680, $ . Salem, Essex Co. Samuel Carleu, summer, 1867. 

 No. 681, $. " " " " " " " 



Mimus Oarolinensis Gray. — Cat-bird. Common sum- 

 mer resident. Maine appears to be nearly its northern 

 limit in Eastern North America. 



No. 566, $. Essex Co. T. M. Pond, 1864. 

 No. 562, $. " " " " " " 



Mimus polyglottus Boie. — Mocking-bird. Very rare 



summer resident in more southern portions, being hardly 



found north of Massachusetts. It is not abundant even 



in the Middle States. 



No. 75. A cage bird, known to have lived thirteen yeai's. C. W. 

 Palfry, 1865. 



* Examine in this connection: Bcdrd, B. N. A., 1858, p. 217. — Id., 

 Eev. Amer. Bds., 1864, p. 2i.— Cones, Pr. A. N. S., Phila., 1861, p. 

 217. — Coues and Prentiss, Smiths, liep. for 1861, p. 405. 



