12 MANUAL OF TAXIDERMY. 



another, by some species, and many are found on 

 the beaches, and on the ocean itself. Following 

 are some of the localities in which our American 

 species are to be found ; and, presumably, foreign 

 birds of the same families will occur in similar 

 places. 



TurdidjE : Thrushes. — Of these, the robin is 

 the most common and is found everywhere. Next 

 among the true thrushes are the olive-backed, 

 hermit, and allied species. These occur usually 

 in woodlands, and are rather shy, keeping at a dis- 

 tance. The wood thrush inhabits deeply-wooded 

 glens. The mocking thrushes prefer thickets in 

 the neighborhood of dwellings, — for example, the 

 cat-bird. The brown thrush also inhabits thick- 

 ets, but are not, as a rule, fond of the society of 

 man, while the smaller thrushes, of which the 

 golden-crowned is an example, prefer the wood- 

 lands ; and the two water thrushes are found in 

 swampy localities. 



Saxicolidje : Stone-chats. — The blue-birds 

 are often sociable, building in orchards and farm- 

 yards, while the western species appear to prefer 

 mountain cliffs as breeding-places. The rare stone- 

 chat is, I think, found in open sections where it 

 occurs at all. 



