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Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: McKittrick, Kern 

 County, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Family TURDIDAE: Thrushes 



Genus TURDUS Linnaeus 



Turdus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. lo, vol. i, 1758, p. 168. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Turdus viscivorns Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Turdus migratorius Linnaeus: Robin 

 Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 292. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, California. 



Genus SIALIA Swainson 



Sialia Svi'AINSON, Philos. Mag., n. s., vol. i, No. 5, May 1827, p. 369. Type, by 

 monotypy, Sialia asurea Swainson = Motacilla sialis Linnaeus. 



Sialia mexicana Swainson : Western Bluebird 



Sialia mexicana Swainson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., vol. 2, 1831 (February, 1832), 

 p. 202. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, California. 



Family BOMBYCILLIDAE : Waxwings 



Genus BOMBYCILLA Vieillot 



Bombycilla Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. i, 1807 (1808), p. 88. 

 Type, by monotypy, Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot. 



Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot: Cedar Waxwing 



Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. i, 1807 

 (i8o8),p. 88, pi. 57. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Family LANIIDAE: Shrikes 



Subfamily LANIINAE: Shrikes 



Genus LANIUS Linnaeus 



Lanius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 93. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Lanius excubitor Linnaeus (Swainson, 1824). 



