OEDER 



r AobiilKJiib! PERCHERS. 



SUBORDER 



OSGINES: 



Singing Birds. 



Family TURDIDiE : Thrashes. 



Siibfamily Turdin^: Typical Thrushes. 



TURDUS MIGRATORIUS, Linn. 



Robin. 



Turdus mioratorius, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 292.— Forst., Phil. Trans. Ixii, 1772, 382.— 

 ViEiLL., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 5, pis. 60, 61.— Wils., Am. Orn, i, 1808, 35, pi. 2, 

 f. 2.— Bp., Syu. 1828, 75.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 338.— Aitd., Orn. Biog. ii, 1832, 

 190; V, 1839, 442; pi. 131.— Aud., Syu. 1839, 89.— Aud., B. Am. iii, 1841, 14, pi. 

 142.— Bd., B. N. a. 1858, 218.— Coop. & Suck., Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. 1860, 

 172.— Hayd., Rep. 1862, 1.59.— Bd., Rev. 1864, 28.— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 7.— 

 Mayn., B. Fla. 1872, 2.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 71, fig. 13.— And of 

 authors generally. 



Mentla m'ujratoria, Sws. & Rich., Fn. Bor.-Ara. ii, 1831, 176. 



Turdus canadensis, Briss., Orn. ii, 1760, 225. 



Tardus confinis, Bd., Rev. 1864, 29. (Var., Cape St. Lucas.) 



Eah. — Continent of North America, and portions of Mexico. "West Ladies, rarely. 

 Accidental in Europe. ( G^OitW, pi. 74 ; A^ajtm., pi. 362.) 



Lieutenant TFarreH's Sxpedt^fon. —4705, Blackbird Hill; 5281, Fort Pierre ; 5282, Yel- 

 lowstone River. 



Later Expeditions.— 5'i^2i, 60935-38, 61161, Wyoming (Schmidt & Stevenson) ; 61C50, 

 62275-77, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming (Merriam). 



Occurs in suitable localities throaghont the Missouri region ; breeds ; 

 resident, but most abundant in spring and autumn, during the migrations. 



TURDUS N^VIUS, Gm. 

 Varied Thrush; Oregon Robin. 



Turdus ncevius, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 817.— Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 10.— Aud., 

 Orn. Biog. iv, 1838, 489 ; v, 1839, 284 ; pis. 369, 433.— Aud., Svn. 1839, 89.— Aud., 

 B. Am. iii, 1841, 22, pi. 143.— Cab., Journ. Bost. Soc. iii, 1848, 17 (New Jersey, 

 not Boston, Mass.).— Bp., Consp. 1850, 271.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. v, 1852, 

 221 (New York).— SCL., P. Z. S. 1857, 4; 1859, 331.— Newb., P. R. R. Rep. 

 vi, 1857, 81.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 219.— Hekrm., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, part vi, 

 45.— Bd., Zool. Ives's Expd. 1860, 5 (Colorado Valley).— Coop. & Suck., N. H. 

 Wash. Ter. 1860, 172.— Bd., Rev. Am. Birds, 1864, 32.— Allen, Pr. Ess. lust, v, 

 1864, 82 (Now Jersey).— Lord, Pr. Roy. Art. Inst. Woolwich, iv, 1864, 114.— 

 Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1806, 281 (New York).— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 1860, 68 (Colorado Valley).— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 312.— Allen, Am. 

 Nat. iii, 1869, 572 (Ipswich, Mass., Dec, 1864).— Coop., Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 31 

 (Ccour d'Aleno Mts., Montana).— Turn., B. E. Pa. 1869, 41 (New Jersey).— 

 Dall & Baxn., Trans. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 276 (Alaska).- Mayn., Guide, 1870, 

 89 (Ipswich, Mass.).— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 10.— Coues, Key, 1872, 72. 



