Thrushes, properly so called. 
AMERICAN ROBIN, or MIGRATING THRUSH. 
(Turdus migrator ius, Lin. Wilson, i. p. 35. pi. 2. fig. 2. Lath., 
Synops. iii. p. 26.) 
Sp. Charact. — - Dark ash-color ; beneath rufous ; head and tail 
black, the two exterior feathers of the latter white at the inner 
tip. 
The familiar and welcome Robin is found in summer 
throughout the North American continent, from the des- 
olate regions of Hudson’s Bay, in the 53d degree, to the 
table land of Mexico ; * it is likewise a denizen of the 
territory of the Oregon, f on the western base of the 
Rocky Plountains. In all this vast space, the American 
Fieldfare rears its young, avoiding only the warmer 
maritime districts, to which, however, they flock for 
support during the inclemency of winter. In like man- 
* Bullock’s Memoir. 
f Found, according to Latham, at Nootka Sound. 
