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to stay and breed in Bermuda, and to add its music to that of the com- 
mon resident species. Colonel Wedderburn mentions (Nat. in B., p. 27) 
that a portion of a small flock of unfortunates, which made their 
appearance in February, 1850, was spared, with the hope that they 
might be tempted to remain; but they all disappeared in a few weeks’ 
time, not leaving a single straggler. | 
2. Turdus mustelinus, Gm. Wood Thrush. 
Turdus mustelinus, Gm., Lath., Vieil., Bp., Nutt., Aud., and of modern authors. 
Merula mustelina, Rich. 
Turdus melodus, Wils., Turdus densus, Bp., Hylocichla mustelina, Bd. 
Length, 8.10; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.05; tarsus, 1.26. 
Hab.—United States, east of Missouri Plains, south to Guatemala, 
Cuba, Honduras, Bermuda. (B. B. and R.) 
Only one appearance of this species is on record, viz, in the autumn 
of 1849—a season also memorable in Bermuda annals for an extraordi- 
nary invasion of Swallows and Cuckoos, which took place throughout 
the islands. Both Colonel Wedderburn and Mr. Hurdis obtained speci- 
mens of this Thrush, but Mr. Bartram was not so fortunate. 
3. Turdus swainsoni, Cab. Olive-backed Thrush. 
Turdus minor, Gm.., Vieil., Bp. 
Turdus solitarius, Wils. Merula wilsoni, Sw. & Pich. 
Turdus olivaceus, Gir. Merula olivacea, Brewer. 
Turdus swainsoni, Cab., and of modern authors. 
Tur'dus minimus, Latresnaye, Bryant, Lawr. 
Length, 7; wing, 4.15; tail, 3.10; tarsus, 1.10. 
Hab.—The whole of North America, excepting, perhaps, the south- 
western United States, south to Central America, New Granada, Ecua- 
dor, andCuba. Greenland, Europe and Siberia (accidental). (Coues.) 
This species also visited Bermuda in small numbers during the pro- 
ductive autumn of 1849, whenafew wereobtained. It hassinceoccurred, 
at long intervals,in the autumn. Mr. Bartram’s collection contains three 
specimens of various dates. On April 20, 1875, I shot a fine male in 
Smith’s Marsh, the first recorded instance of its vernal appearance. 
The stomach contained four or five white grubs, and some fragments of 
marsh plants. One was brought to Lieutenant Denison, Royal Engi- 
neers, on the 22d September, 1875, and another (a male) killed by a boy 
with a stick in Devonshire Swamp, on the 19th February, 1876. 
