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ington and Philadelphia on the east, and northward to the shores 

 of the Arctic Ocean, where, however, it is confined within narrow 

 limits of longitude. 



(27,323.) 7.20; 12.10; 4.10. (10,084.) Type. 



Turdus iliacus. 



Tardus iliacus, Liuir. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 168, and of European 

 authors. — Reinhakdt, Ibis, 1861, 6 (Greenland). 



The occurrence of this well known European species in Greenland 

 brings it within the limits of the American Fauna. Two Greenland 

 specimens are recorded by Dr. Reinhardt : one of them shot at 

 Frederickshaab, Oct. 20, 1845.' 



Planesticus. 

 Turdus jamaicensis. 



Turdus jamaicensis, Gmelin, S. N. I, 1788, 809. — GosSE, Birds Jam. 

 1847, 142.— Bow. Consp. 1850, 271.— March, Pr. A. N. S. 1863, 

 292.— ScLATBB, P. Z. S. 1859, 327.— Ib. Catal. 1861, 3, no. 13. 



Turdus capucinus, Hakilaub, Bp. Consp. 271. 



Turdus lerebouUeti, Bp. Comptes Rendus, XXXVIII, Jan. 1854, 3. 



Hab, Jamaica. 



' This species is smaller than our Robin (Z". migratorius'), but of a similar 

 grayish-olive above, including the head. The under parts are white ; the 

 feathers of the lower throat and breast streaked with brown. The sides, 

 axillars, and inner wing covert are reddish cinnamon. A conspicuous white 

 streak over the eye and extending as far back as the nape. Bill black, yel- 

 low at base of lower jaw. Legs pale-colored. Second quill longer than fifth. 

 Length, about 8.25 ; wing, 4.64 ; tail, 3.45 ; bill, from gape, 1.07, from nostril, 

 .44; tarsus, 1.16; middle toe and claw, 1.15. Specimen described: 18,718, 

 % , received from the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich. 



