VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF KENTUCKY. 7 



Opossums (Family Didelphidse). 



25. Possum (Didelphis virginiana, Shaw). 



Veiy common everywhere. 



BIRDS. 

 Thrushes (Family Turdidae). 



26. Bluebird (Sialia sialis, Linn.). 



A common resident thuoughout Kentucky. 



27. Eobin (Merula migratoria,lÄ\m.). 



Resident and rather common. 



28. Hermit Thrush (Turdus aonalaschkce, Gmelin). 



A common migrant. "Observed during spring 

 and summer" (Aud.). 



29. Olive-backed Thrush (Turdus u&tulatus, Nuttall). 



Common during the spring migrations. 



30. Grey-cheeked Thrush (Turdus alicice, Baird). 



Nelson County, transient (Beckham). 



31. Yeery (Turdus fuscescens, Stephens). 



Nelson County, transient, not common (Beck- 

 ham). 



32. Wood Thrush (Turdus mustelinus, Gmelin). 



A summer resident. Common locally. 



Kinglets (Family Sylviidae). 



33. Blue-gray Gnat-catcher (Polioptila cmrulea, Linn.). 



A summer resident. Common everywhere dur- 

 ing the spring migrations. 



34. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus Calendula, Linn.). 



Common during both spring and fall. "In win- 

 ter, but generally in southern exposnres" (Aud.). 



35. Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrajja y Licht.). 



Very common in fall and spring. 



