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Nehrling on Birds of Southeastern Texas. 
white thickly streaked with black for the lower two-thirds ; jugular plumes 
chiefly white, their lengthened tapering portion entirely so. Upper sur- 
face uniform bluish plumbeous, the lengthened scapular plumes hoary 
whitish or pale silvery gray. Upper breast uniform black; abdomen and 
lower breast* white, rather indistinctly streaked with dark gray; anal 
region mixed black and white, in longitudinal dashes (the black rather 
predominating) ; crissum immaculate pure white. Tibiae uniform light 
cinnamon; edge of the wing (especially near the bend) deeper cinnamon, 
but this much mixed with white toward the bases of the quills ; lining of 
the wing, axillars, sides, and flanks, uniform plumbeous. Bill, appar- 
ently, entirely olivaceous-yellow; naked portion of tibiae very pale brown 
(evidently yellowish or flesh-colored in life) ; tarsi light brown (olivaceous 
in life ?), darker in front ; toes light brown. Wing, 20.50 : culmen, 6.75; 
depth of bill through nostril, 1.10; tarsus, 8.75; middle toe, 5.10; naked 
portion of tibiae, 5.50. 
Mr. W. H. Collins, of Detroit, who kindly presented the 
specimen described above to the National Museum, has sent me 
measurements of two other specimens, one in his own possession, 
the other mounted for Mr. Ward. As may be seen below they 
agree closely in dimensions with the type, their measurements 
being, respectively, wing 20.00-20.50 ; culmen 6.5 0-7.00 ; depth 
of bill through nostril, 1.25; tarsus, 8.75-9.00; middle toe, 
5.25-5.45 ; naked portion of tibia, 5.75-6.00. 
LIST OF BIRDS OBSERVED AT HOUSTON, HARRIS 
CO., TEXAS AND VICINITY AND IN THE COUN- 
TIES MONTGOMERY, GALVESTON AND FORD 
BEND. 
BY H. NEHRLING. 
1. Turdus migratorius, L. Robin. — Very common in the woods 
from November to April. Very shy and retiring during their stay; only 
a few have been observed in the larger gardens of Houston. Feeds 
abundantly on the berries of the holly ( Ilex ofiaca) and the myrtle-holly 
( Oreopliila myrtifolid). About the 15th of April all have departed for 
the North. 
2. Turdus mustelinus, Gmel. Wood Thrush. — Arrives from the 
North early in October when the aromatic berries of the Magnolia grandi- 
flora are ripe, on which they eagerly feed. On account of this food the 
flesh is very delicate and large numbers are killed by pot hunters, who 
call them “ Grassets.” In the winter months they appear not to be com- 
mon and inhabit swampy thickets and bottom woods. 
