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shores of the Oregan, and Nootka Sound. * Found also in 

 Mexico. 



GENUS Xir. BOMBYCILLA. 



65. bis. BoMBYCiLLA garuula, Vieill. Drab ; throat; front- 

 let and line over the eye, black ; belly cinereous, vent rufous ; 

 wings and tail blackish, the latter tipped with yellow. 



Synonymes. 



Ampetis garrulus, Lath. Sj/n. 2. p. 91, sp. 1. Gen. Hist. i. 

 p. 838. sp. 1. 



Tardus bombycilla Bohemicdy Briss. ii. p. 333. sp. 63. 



Bombj/civora garruloy Temm. Man. (VOrn. i. p. 124. 



Le Jaseur de Boheme, Buff. pi. enl. 261. 



Bohemian Chatterer^ Penn. Brit. Zool. i. sp. 112. t. 48. Lath. 

 Si/n.ui. p. 91. sp. 1. 



Inhabits near the Rocky Mountains ; for a long time well known 

 in the north of Europe and Asia. The discovery of this bird in 

 America may lead to a more perfect knowledge of its chief place 

 of abode, whence at remote periods it migrates so irregularly. 



GENUS XX. bis. CINCLUS.f 



Sturnus, L. Gm. Tringa ! Briss. Motacilla, Scopoli. TurduSy 

 Lath. 



Cinclus^ Bechst. Cuv. Temm. Ranz. 



Ili/drobata, Vieill. 



Bill moderate, slender, straight, compressed-subulate, feathered 

 at the base ; edges sharp, slightly incurved; upper mandible curved 



* It is a curious fact in Ornithological Geography, that the four Jays now- 

 known to inhabit North America, should be confined to a peculiar section of 

 country; thus C. Canadensis is the northern Jay; C. Floridanus the southern; 

 C. cristatus the eastern ; and the present the western representative of the 

 sub-genus. 



+ N.B. In pur Analytical Table of North American Genera, this genus 

 must take its place in the family of the Canori, between the two genera 

 Mi/iothera and Turdiis, and be thus characterized : 



20. bis. CiNCLiTs. Bill subulate-compressed: tarsi smooth ; heel naked. 

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