A Bevised List of Cincinnati Birds. 3 



LAND BIRDS. 



I/ist of Identified Species. 



Clas.s AvES: Birds. 



Suh-cla.^s Cakinat.'K : Carinatk Birds. 

 Order Passeres: Perchers. 

 Sub-order Oscines : Singing Perchers. 



Family Turdid^e : The Thrushes. 



1. *TuRDUS mustelinus, Gmelin, — Wood Thrush. A common sum- 

 mer resident. April 20th to October 1st. 



2. TuRDUS fuscescens, Stiephens. — Wilson'' j Thrush. — A rare mi- 

 grant in April. 



3. TuRDUS ALICIA, B(l. — Alice's or Gray -cheeked Thrush. — Spring 

 unci fall migrant. Rather common early in October, feeding on the 

 berries of the sonr-gum. 



4. TuRDUS swainsoni. Cabanis. — Swainson!' s Thrush. — Common mi- 

 grant in April and September. 



5. *TnRDUSPALLASi, Cabanis. — Hermit Thrush. — A common migrant 

 about April 10th, and October loth. Nest and eggs taken Ma}^ 10th, 

 1877 (Dury).' 



6. *TuRDUs iMiGRATORius, Linnaeus. — Bohin. — Represented from 

 February till December. Remains during the summer in limited num- 

 bers however, compared with the large flocks which pass north in Fel)- 

 ruary and March, and return in October and jSovember. 



7. *HARPORnYXCHUS RUFus, Cabauis. — Brown Thrasher. — A com- 

 mon, but not abundant summer resident. April 10th to Sept. 20th. 



8. *3riMus POLYGLOTTUS, Boie. — Blocking Bird. — A rare summei- 

 resident. One specimen taken in winter, — January 1st, 1877. 



9. *Galeoscoptes caroi.inensis, Cabanis. — Catbird. — Common 

 summer resident. April 20th to October 1st. 



Family Saxicolid^: Bluebirds; Stonechats. 



10. *»Sialia sialis, Baird. — Eastern Bluebird. — A common resi- 

 dent. Less nunierousin winter. 



1 Seethe writer's " Observations on Cincinnati Birds"— this Journal, Vol.1, No. '?>. 

 p. Ill, Oct. 1878. 



