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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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7. Turdus fliscescens Steph. b isi. c 6. u 2. 



Wilson's Thrush. 



8. Turdus unalascse Gm. b iso. c 46. u 5. 



Western Hermit Tlirush. ^ 



9. Turdus unalascae auduboni (Bd.) Couos. b udvar. C4a. R5a. 



Audubon's Hermit Tlirush. 



10. Turdus unalascae nanus (Aud.) Coues. b 149. C4. R56. 



Eastern Hermit Thrush. 



11. Turdus ustulatus Nutt. b 152. 56. r 4. 



Oregon Olive-backed Tlirush. 



12. Turdus ustulatus aliciae (Bd.) Coues. B 154. c 6a. R3. 



Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



13. Turdus ustulatus swainsoni (Cab.) Coues. b 153. C5. R4o. 



Olive-backed Thrush. 



7. T. fQs-ces'-c5ns [foosaysaynccj. Present participle of a supposed Lat. inceptive verb 



fiisnsco, I grow ilark or swarthy ; Lat. fiisco, of same signification. It means, or slioulil 

 mean, less than Jhsciis ; i.e., somewhat dark ; is not otherwise applicable to the lightest- 

 colored thrush of this group. 



8. T. Q-n5-las'-caS. Of the Island of Unalaska. It is permissible, indeed desirable, to resolve 



Gmelin's barbarous word aonalasvLkuc into a purer form. With this orthography the 

 word is of sufficiently classical aspect, and corresponds with alciscensis. See Aiiorllmm, 

 No. 78, and Passerelbi, No. 283. 



This is T. jialliist var. nanus of the orig. cd. of the Check List. For the change, see 

 Pr. Nat. Mus., ii, 1880, p. 1. 



9. T. u. aud'-Q-b6n-L To John James Audubon, the "American Backwoodsman," and 



famous author of the " Birds of America." 



This is T. pallusi var. auduhoni of the orig. cd. of the Check List. 



10. T. u. na'-nQs. Lat. nanus, from the Gr. vdwos or vdvos, a dwarf. 



This is T. pallasi of the orig. ed. It is true that nanus has of late been applied exclu- 

 sively to the Western form, the true unalascie Gm. But the name nanus was originally 

 based by Audubon on a bird from Pennsylvania, and only later amplified by him to 

 include the Western form. The long survival of an error does not justify its continued 

 perpetuation after detection. 



11. T. Qs-tQ-ia'-tQs. Lat. usluhtus, perfect participle of usfuln,l scorch, singe; with reference 



to the ashy coloration, as if the bird had been charred. 



This stands as T. swainsoni var. ustulatus in the orig. cd. The case is precisely 

 parallel with that of nanus \s. pallasi ; for Nuttall named the Oregon bird usliilahis in 

 1840, and Cab.-inis did not apply the name swainsoni to the Eastern Olive-backed Thrush 

 till several years afterward. 



12. T. u. a-lI'-cI-aS. To Miss Alice Kennicott, sister of Robert Kennicott, of Illinois. See 



Scops, No. 466. 



This is T. .iwain.ioni var. alicict of the orig. ed. See No. 11. 



13. T. u. swain'-sOn-i. To William Swninson, the zealous and accomplished English natu- 



ralist. 



This is T. swainsoni of the orig. ed. See No. 11. 



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