ORDER PASSERES. 321 



westward (probably to the Rocky Mountains). South in winter to 

 Southern Mexico. 



FAMILY CINCLHXiE. DIPPERS. 



GENUS CINCLUS BECHSTEIN. 



Cinclus BECHST. Orn. Taschenb. Deutschl. 1802, 205 Type, Sturnus 

 cinclus LINN. 



701. Cinclus mexicanus SWAINS. 



American Dipper. 



Cinclus mexicanus SWAINS. Phil. Mag. I. 1827, 368. 

 [B 164, C 19, R 19, C 30.] 



HAB. The mountainous parts of Central and Western North Amer- 

 ica, from the Yukon Valley and Unalashka to Guatemala ; east, in the 

 United States, to the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains. 



FAMILY TROGLODYTID2E. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC. 

 SUBFAMILY MIMIN^E. THRASHERS. 



GENUS OROSCOFTES BAIRD. 



Oroscoptes BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 346. Type, Orpheus montanus 

 TOWNS. 



702. Oroscoptes montanus (TOWNS.). 



Sage Thrasher. 



Orpheus montanus TOWNS. Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. VII. 1837, 193. 

 Oroscoptes montanus BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 347. 



[B 255, C 7, R 10, C 14-] 



HAB. Western United States, from the western part of the Plains 

 to the Pacific. 



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