344 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B 149, C 4, R 5 &, C 10.] 



HAB. Eastern North America, breeding from the Northern United 

 States northward, and wintering from the Northern States south- 

 ward. 



SUBGENUS TURDUS LINNAEUS. 



Turdus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 168. Type, by elimination 

 T. viscivorus LTNN. 



[760.] Turdus iliacus LINN. 



Red-winged Thrush. 



Turdus iliacus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 168. 



[B -, C -, R 6, C 4.] 

 HAB. Northern parts of the Old World ; accidental in Greenland. 



GENUS MERULA LEACH. 



Merula LEACH, Syst. Cat. Brit. Mam. & B. 1816, 20. Type, Turdus 

 merula LINN. 



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, part, C \,part, R 7, C i.] 



HAB. Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains, including 

 Eastern Mexico and Alaska. Breeds from near the southern border 

 of the United States northward to the Arctic coast ; winters from 

 Southern Canada and the Northern States (irregularly) southward. 



761 ^. Merula migratoria propinqua RIDGW. 



Western Robin. 



T\urdus\ propinquus RIDGW. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II. Jan. 1877, 9. 

 Merula migratoria propinqua RIDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 

 24, 1880, 1 66. 



