OF TUB T 



UNIVERSITY' 



CHECK LIST 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



1. Turdus migratorius L. B 155. c i. R 7. 



Robin. 



2. Turdus migratorius propinquus Riclg. B . c . R 7a. (?) 



Rocky Mountain Robin. 



3. Turdus migratorius confinis (Ed.) Coues. B . c la. R 8. 



St. Lucas Robin. 



4. Turdus iliacus L. B . c . R 6. (G. !E.) 



Redwing. 



5. Turdus naevius Gm. B 156. c 2. R 9. 



Varied Thrush. 



6. Turdus mustelinus Gm. B us. c 3. B i. 



Wood Thrush. 



1. Tur'-dus mi-gra-to'-rl-Qs. Lat. turdus, a thrush. Lat. migro, to move from one place to 



another ; migrator, a wanderer, a migrant ; migratorius, migrator}'. 



2. T. m. prd-pin'-qttfis [propeenkwoocej. Lat. propinquus, near, neighboring ; as related to 



T. migratorius. 



3. T. m. con-fi'-nls [confeenis], Lat. confinis, subs, or adj., a neighbor, neighboring; here 



in sense of closely related to T. migratorius. 



4. T. Il-I'-a-cQs. Lat. iliacus, relating to the ilia, or haunches ; also, Lat. Iliacus, Gr. 'IXtamfc, 



relating to Troy, Trojan ; application obvious in neither case. But Aristotle gives a 

 kind of thrush, called l\tds, supposed by old ornithologists, as Gesner and Belon, to be 

 this species, said to be called by the modern Greeks !\\ds, rv\ds, K/x* 7 ? ibid*, or * ^ a 

 i\id8a ; and the actual form, Turdus iliacus, was an old name when Linnaeus adopted it. 



5. T. nae'-vl-us [nayveus]. Lat. ncevius, spotted, from ncevus, a mole (birth-mark). The 



sub-genus Hesperocichla is Gr. eWcpoj, Lat. vesperus, evening, i.e., western, and KX A or 

 K(X^, a thrush. 



6. T. mus-te-li'-nus. Lat. mustdinws, weasel-like ; i.e., in this case, tawny. The sub-genus 



Hylocickla is Gr. #Ar?, a wood, and 



