170 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
Orper PASSERES. 
Sub-order OSCINES. 
Family TURDID&. 
Sub-family TURDINA. 
Genus TuRDUS, Linn. 
1. Turdus migratorius, Linn. American Robin; Red-breasted Thrush. 
Turdus migratorius, Linn., Forst., Vieil., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud., and of authors 
generally. 
Merula migratoria, Sw. & Rich. 
Turdus canadensis, Briss. 
Length, 9.75; wing, 5.43; tail, 4.75; tarsus, 1.75. 
Hab.—Continent of North America and portions of Mexico. West. 
Indies rarely. Accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 
By no means common, but occasionally arrives singly or in small 
flocks, both on northward and southward migrations, especially the 
former. Specimens were obtained in February and March, 1850, and 
in March, 1855. One was sent to Mr. J. M. Jones on November 24, 
1871, when several others were seen. I saw one near Hungry Bay on 
October 29, 1874. Mr. Bartram obtained one at Stocks Point about the 
same time, and Lieutenant Denison, Royal Engineers, records one shot 
in Devonshire Swamp on the 27th November, 1875; these last-named 
occurrences establishing beyond doubt the autumnal appearance of 
the species, which had not been recorded in former years. Like many 
other migrants, the Robin would seem to modify its habits considerably 
on finding itself in a strange country, and to become shy and retiring 
in disposition. The bird I saw took up its quarters in a thick mangrove 
swamp, and remained there, or in some tall thick cedars hard by, for 
several days. An intelligent colored boy in charge of cattle on an 
adjoining meadow, who really does know how to describe a bird, saw it 
frequently, and told me it was very wild and hard to get near. This is 
very unlike the Robin I have met with in Canada and the United 
States. It is a thousand pities that this fine bird cannot be persuaded 
