CHECK LIST 



OF 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



1. Turdus migratorius L. B 155. c i. R 7. 



Robin. 



2. Turdus migratorius propinquus Ridg. B . c . R 7o. (?) 



Rocky Mountain Robin. 



3. Turdus migratorius confmis (Bel.) Coues. B . c la. R 8. 



St. Lucas Robin. 



4. Turdus iliacus L. B . c . R 6. (G. !E.) 



Redwing. 



5. Turdus nsevius Gm. B 156. c 2. R 9. 



Varied Thrush. 



6. Turdus mustelinus Gm. B 148. c 3. R i. 



Wood Thrush. 



1. Tur'-dus mi-gra-to'-rl-us. Lat. turdiis, a thrush. Lat. migro, to move from one place to 



another ; migrator, a wanderer, a migrant ; migratorius, migrator}'. 



2. T. m. prd-pin'-quus [propeenkvvoocej. Lat. propinquus, near, neighboring; as related to 



T. migratorius. 



3. T. m. con-fi'-nls [confeenis]. Lat. confmis, subs, or adj., a neighbor, neighboring; here 



in sense of closely related to T. migratorius. 



4. T. Il-I'-a-cus. Lat. iliacus, relating to the ilia, or haunches ; also, Lat. Iliacus, Gr. 'IXicuctfo, 



relating to Troy, Trojan ; application obvious in neither case. But Aristotle gives a 

 kind of thrush, called l\ids, supposed by old ornithologists, as Gesner and Belon, to be 

 this species, said to be called by the modern Greeks l\\ds, Tv\ds, nix^y l\ids, or K^X^ 

 l\tdSa; and the actual form, Turdus iliacus, was an old name when Linnaeus adopted it. 



5. T. nae'-vl-us (nayveus]. Lat. ncevius, spotted, from nevus, a mole (birth-mark). The 



sub-genus Hesperocichla is Gr. ctnrcpos, Lat. vesperus, evening, i.e., western, and iclx^* or 

 Klx^ii, a thrush. 



6. T. mus-te-H'-nus. Lat. mustrlinus, weasel-like; i.e., in this case, tawny. The sub-genus 



Hylocichla is Gr. v\i), a wood, and 



