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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Scutellse very distinct; gonys straight, or even declining at tip. 
Eyes yellow. (Page 6.) Mimus. 
Scutellse more or less obsolete; gonys convex, ascending at tip. 
Eyes brown. (Page 6.) . . ' . . . . . Galeoscoptes. 
Bill not notched at tip, lengthened ; sometimes much decurved. Eyes 
yellow or orange. (Page 5.) ...... Harporhynchus. 
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Subfamily TURDINJI. (Page 1.) 
Genus TURDUS, Linnajus. (Page 1.) 
Subgenera. 
1. Sexes similar. 
Hylocichla. Smallest species. Bill short, broad at base; much depressed. Tarsi 
long and slender, longer than middle toe and claw, by the additional length of the claw ; 
outstretched legs reaching nearly to tip of tail. Body slender. Color : above olivaceous 
or reddish, beneath whitish ; breast spotted ; throat without spots. (Page 2.) 
Turdus. Bill stouter and higher. Tarsi stout and short, scarcely longer than middle 
toe and claw. Body stout, generally whitish beneath and spotted. (Second quill longer 
than fifth ?) (Page 4.) 
Planesticus. Similar to preceding. (Second quill shorter than fifth?) Beneath 
mostly uni-colored ; unstreaked except the throat, which is whitish with dark streaks. 
(Page 4.) 
2. Sexes dissimilar . 
Merula. Similar to Turdus. Male usually more or less black, especially on the head ; 
females brownish, often with streaked throats. Bill distinctly notched. Not North 
American. 
Hesperocichla. Similar to Turdus. Male reddish beneath, with a black collar. Bill 
without notch. (Page 4.) 
Subgenus HYLOCICHLA, Baird. (Page 2.) 
ipiii Species and Varieties. 
1. Spots beneath rounded , covering breast and sides. 
A. Rufous-brown above, becoming much brighter toward the bill, and more 
olivaceous on the tail. Beneath white ; whole breast with rounded spots. Nest 
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on tree ; 
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eggs pale blue. 
1. ’ff. mustelim^. Beneath nearly pure white, with rounded blackish 
spots over the whole breast, sides, and upper part of abdomen ; wing, 
4.25; tail, 3.05; culmen, .80; tarsus, 1.26. Hah. Eastern Province 
3g| United States, south to Guatemala and Honduras. Cuba and Bermuda 
of West Indies. ( The Wood Thrush.) 
2. Spots beneath triangular, on breast only. 
Entirely uniform in color above, — olivaceous, varying to reddish or green- 
ish with the species. Beneath whitish, with a wash of brownish across the 
breast and along sides. Spots triangular, and confined to the breast. Nest on 
trees or bushes; eggs blue, spotted with brownish-; except in T. fuscescens, which 
nests on the ground, and lays plain blue eggs. IT! 0,1 
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