344 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B 149, C 4, R 5 /^, C lo.] 



Hab. Eastern North America, breeding from the Northern United 

 States northward, and wintering from the Northern States south- 

 ward. 



Subgenus TURDUS Linn/«:us. 



Ttirdiis LiN'N. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 168. Type, by elimination 

 T. viscivortis Linn. 



[7C0.] 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. 181 6, 20. Type, Turdus 

 inerula LiNN. 



761. Menda znigratoria (Linn.). 



American Robin. 



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

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



[B -i^l^.part, C i,part, R 7, C i.] 



Hab. Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains, including 

 Eastern Mexico and Alaska. Breeds 'rom near the southern border 

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

 Southern Canada and the Northern States (irregularly) southward. 



761 d!. Merula migratcria propinqua Ridgw. 



Western Robin. 



T[urdus'\ propinquus Ridgw. Bull. Nutt. Or? Ciub, IL Jan. 1877, 9- 

 Merula tnigratoria propinqua RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. IH. Aug. 

 24, 1880, 166. 



