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ZOOLOGY. 
TURDUS MIGrRATORIUS. Linn. 
Robin. 
Turdus migratorius, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 292.— Forster, Philos. Trans. LXII, 1772, 382.— Vieili.ot, Ois, 
Am. Sept. II, 1807, 5; pi. lx, lxi.— Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 35 ; pi. ii.— Doughty, Cab. 
Nat. Hist. I, 1830, 133 ; pi. xii.— Brehm, Handbuch Vog. Deutsch. 1831, 388, (European 
spec.)— Audubon, Orn.Biog. IT, 1834, 190 ; pi. 131.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 14, pi. 142.— 
Bonaparte, Conspectus, 1850, 272.— Newberry, Zool. Cal. and Or. Route, 81; Rep. P. R 
R. Surv. VI. 1857.— Baird, Gen. Rep Birds, p. 218. 
Merula migratoria, Sw. & Rich. Fauna Bor. Amer. II, 1831, 176. 
Planeslicus migratorius, Bonaparte. (?) 
Sp-Ch. —Third and fourth quills about equal; fifth a little shorter; second longer than sixth. Tail slightly rounded. 
Above olive gray ; top and sides of the head black. Chin and throat white, streaked with black. Eyelids, and a spot above the 
eye anteriorly, white. Under parts and inside of the wings, chestnut brown. The under tail coverts and anal region, with tibiae, 
white, showing the blumbeous inner portions of the feathers. Wings dark brown, the feathers all edged more or less with pale 
ash. Tail still darker, the extreme feathers tipped with white. Length, 9.75 ; extent, 16 ; wing, 5.43 ; tail, 4.75 ; tarsus, 1.25. 
Bill, yellow, dasky along the ridge and at the tip ; legs, black ; iris, brown. 
Hab. —Continent of North America to Mexico. 
The robin is as abundant and familiar in all parts of this Territory as in the eastern States. 
It is also a constant resident and builds its nest in May. I noticed fledged young as early as 
June 10, at Puget Sound.—C. 
This bird is very abundant in both Oregon and Washington Territories. I have secured 
many specimens for the sake of accurate comparison with eastern birds of the same species.-—S. 
TURDUS NAEYIUS, Gmelin. 
Varied Thrush, or Painted Robin. 
Turdus naevius, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1,1788, 817.— Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. 11,1807,10; pl.lxvi.— Audubon, Orn. 
Biog. IV, 1838, 489 : V, 1839, 284 ; pi. 369 and 433.— Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 22 ; pi. 143.— 
Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 271.— Cabot, Jour. Bost. Soc. N. H. HI, 1848, 17. (Spec, shot near 
Boston.)— Lawrence, Annals N. Y. Lyc. V, June, 1852, 221. (Spec, shot near New York.)— 
Newberry, Zool. Cal. and Or. Route, 81; Rep. P. R. R. Surv. VI, iv, 1857.— Baird, Gen. Rep. 
Birds, p. 219. 
Orpheus naevius, Rich, List, 1837. 
Jxoreus naevius, Bonap. Notes Orn. Delattre, in Comptes Rendus, XX'VIII, 1854, 269. 
Orpheus meruloides, Rich. Fauna Bor. Amer. II, 1831, 187 ; pi. xxxviii. 
Sp. Ch. —Fourth quill longest; third and fifth a little shorter; second much longer than sixth. Tail nearly even; the 
lateral feather shorter. Above, rather dark bluish slate ; under parts generally, a patch on the upper eyelids continuous with a 
stripe behind it along the side of the head and neck, the lower eyelids, two bands across the wing coverts and the edges of the 
quills, in part, rufous orange brown ; middle of belly white. Sides of the head and neck, continuous with a broad pectoral 
transverse band, black. Most of tail feathers with a terminal patch of brownish white. Female more olivaceous above ; the 
white of the abdomen more extended ; the brown beneath paler ; the pectoral band obsolete. Length, 9 to 10 ; extent, 12f to 
15j inches ; wing, 5.00 ; ta.il, 3.90 ; tarsus, 1.25. Iris, brown ; bill, black ; feet, yellow. 
Hab. —Pacific coast, North America. Accidental on Long Island and near Boston. 
The varied thrush or western robin is common during winter, and I think a feiv remain 
near the coast all summer, as I have seen them in the dark spruce forests in June and July. 
They are much more shy and retiring than the robin, and differ very much in song, which, as 
I have heard it, consists only .of five or six notes in a minor key, and in a scale regularly 
