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CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



761. Merula migratoria (Linn.). 



American Robin. 



Turdus migratorius Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 292. 

 Merula migratoria Swains. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 368. 



[B 155, /^r/, C \,part, R 7, C i.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains, 

 including eastern Mexico and Alaska. Breeds from Virginia and 

 Kansas northward to the Arctic coast ; winters from southern Canada 

 and the Northern States (irregularly) southward. Casual in Bermuda. 

 Accidental in Europe. 



761 a. Merula migratoria propinqua Ridgw. 



Western Robin. 



T{iirdus\ propinquus Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II. Jan. 



1877, 9. 

 Merula migratoria propinqua Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. 



Aug. 24, 1880, 166. 



[B i^^^part^ C \^ part^ R 7^, C 2.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the eastern?base of 

 the Rocky Mountains westward, and south to northern Lower Cali- 

 fornia and the tablelands of Mexico. 



762. Merula confinis (Baird). 



St. Lucas Robin. 

 Jurdus confinis Baird, Rev. Am. B. I. June, 1864, 29. 

 Merula confinis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 1880, 

 166. 



[B— , C ia, R8, C3.] 



Geog. Dist. — Cape region of Lower California ; accidental at 

 Hayward, California. 



Genus HESPEROCICHLA Baird. 



Hesperocichla Baird, Rev. Am. B. I. June, 1864, 12. Type, 

 Turdus ncevius Gmel. 



