2S SYNONYMY OF TURDUS MUSTELINUS 



into the present work, since it is not known to occur in the 

 Colorado Basin, its synonymy and description are subjoined,* 

 to complete a review of the subject. A figure of the head of 

 this species is likewise given. 



WHEN we come to sketch the life-history of the Hermit 

 Thrush, we shall be met by difficulties as great as those 

 that beset the interpretation of its written record, if we attempt 

 to discriminate between the three recognized varieties. Their 

 mode of life is the same, notwithstanding the points of dissimi- 



'The Wood Thrush.— Tnrdns (Ilylucichia) mnstelinns. 



Tawny Tbrusb, Pcnn. AZ, ii. 1785, 337, No. 198 (Now Yotls.).— Lath. Syn. Ij. pt. i. 1783, 28, No. 

 15. (Not of Wilson. ) 



Turdus mustelinus, Gm. SN. i. pi.ii. 1738, 817, No. 57 (baBed on Penn. & Lath.).— T/irt. SN. 

 i. 1806, iai.—Lath. 10. i. 1790, 331, No. \5.— VieiU. OAS. li. 1807, 6, pi. 62.— Bj). Ajin. Lye. 

 N. Y. ii. 1836, 75.— A^a!!. Mao. i. 1832, m.—Aud-OB. i. 1633, 372; v.1839, 446; pi. 73.— 

 Bp.C.&. G-L. 1838, n.—Peab. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 304.— D'Ori. La Sag. Cuba, Ois. 

 1839, 48 (Cuba).— ,4«A BA. iii.i84!, 24, pi. lU.—Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 144 (in winter).— 

 Bp. CA. i. 1850, 270.— Read, Pr. Phila. Acad. vl. 1853, 398 {Ohio).— Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad, 

 vi. 1853, 310 (Wisconsin).- (roo(iA. Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 72.— Gerhardt, Naum. iii. 1853, 

 38. — Kennic. Tr. Illinois State Agric. Soc. i. 18.55, 601. — Pratten, Tr. Illinois State Agric. 

 Soc. i. 1855, 533.— Gund. J. f. O. 1855, 469 (C\iba).—Haym. Pr. Phila. Acad. viii. 1856, 

 289 (Indiana).- Pam. Proc. Essex Inst. i. 1856, 209.— Sc(. PZS. 1856, 294 (Cordova).— 

 Kneel. Pr. Bost. Soo. vi. 18.57, 23i.—Maz(m,. J. f. O. 1853, 179.- £<*. BNA. 1858, 212.— 

 BiaiiA Smiths. Rep. for 18.58,1859. 287 (Bermudas).- Srf. if Salv. Ibis, 1859, 6 ((Juate- 

 mala).— ScZ. PZS. 1859, 325 (critical), 363(Xalapa).— A/oore,PZS. 1859, 55 (Omoa).— Mar- 

 lens, J. f. 0. 1659, 212 (Bermudas).— GieJci.Vog. 1860, 37, fig. Si.— Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 vii. 1860, 307 (Cuba).- Barn. Smiths. Rep. for 1869, 1861, 435 (Pennsylvania).— 5ci. Ibis, iii, 

 1861, W2.—Gundl. J. f. 0. 1861, 324 (Cuba).- Cokcs /f Prent. Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862, 

 —.—Hayd. Tr. Am. Philos. Soc. xii. 1862, 158 (Missouri River).— >4J6r. J. f. O. 1862, 194, 

 201 (Jamaica).— ^iiere, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864, 55.— BA Rev. AB. 1864, 13.— Hoy, Smiths. 

 Rep. for 1864, 1865, 437 (Missouri).— Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 281.— Mc/tor. Pr. 

 Ess. Inst. V. 1866, 84 (Canada yf est). —Allen, Am. Nat. i. 1867, IIQ.—Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 xii. 1868, 106 (South Carolina).— Oomm, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 266.— Sumici. Mem. Bost. 

 Soci. 1869, 543 (Vera Cruz).— rarrei. B. E. Pa. 1869, 21 ; Phila. ed. U.— Abbott, Am. 

 Nat. iv. 1870, 540, Sil.-Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst. vi. 1871, 115.— ^(icm, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 



2m.— Allen, Bull. MCZ. iii. 1872, 124, 173 (Kansas) Gundl.3. f. 0. 1872, 405 (Cuba).— 



Scott, Pr. Bost. Soc. XV. 1872, 220.— Coacs, Key, 1872, 72.—Trippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 

 1873, 234.— Ooaes, BNW. 1874, 2.— B. B. Sr R- NAB. i, 1874, 7, pi. i. f. i.—Brcw. Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. xvii. 1875, 438. 



Merula mnstellna, Rich. List, 1837. i 



Mernla mustelinus, Denny, PZS. 1847, 38. 



Turdus melodes, Banr. Trav. 1791, p. 290 bis. 



Turdus melodus, WUb. AO. i. 1808, 35, pi. 2, f. l.—Licht. " Preis-Verz. Mex. Vug. 1830, 2 " ; 

 J. f. 0. 1863, 57 Goaac, Alabama, 18,59, 295. 



Turdus melodlUS, Bp, Joum. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 33. 



Turdus densus, Bp. CR. xxviii. 1853, 2. 



drive des Bols, FllitC, LeMoine, Ois. Canad, 1861, 176. 



Merle tanne, U' Orbig. l. c. 



Ch. sp. — g ^ Supra mustelinus, caudam versus oUvasceRs; suihis alhus, pcctore 

 lateribmque maculis magnis, numerosis, rotundatis, nlgria notatis. 



^,9, adult: Upper parts, iuclnding the surface of the closed frings, 

 tawDy-browii, purest and deepest ou llie head, shading insensibly into oliva- 



