CATALOGUE AND NOMENCLATURE 



OF 



NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 



BY 



ROBERT RIDGWAY. 



Sin itJi so'nia n Inst itut ion, 

 1881. 



The geographical limits assigned to this catalogue include the entire continent of North America down 

 to the southern border of the United States, besides Greenland, the peninsula of Lower California, and the 

 outlying islands of Guadalupe and Socorro, the latter in latitude 18° 35', and about 240 miles off the coast of 

 northwestern Mexico, the former in latitude 29°, and 230 miles southwest from San Diego. 



At the time of the issue of this catalogue there were known of North American Birds 7G4 species and 

 ICO subspecies, making the actual number of names given 924. 



The number of genera was 379. 



[The numbers in brackets are those used in the Smithsonian Catalogue of 1S59.] 



1. WOOD THRUSH.— 



Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin) Baird. [148.] 



2. WILSON'S THRUSH — 



Hylocichla fuseeseeus (Stephens) Baird. [151.] 



3. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.— 



Hylocichla alieise Baird. [154.] 



4. RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH — 



Hylocichla ustulata (Nuttall) Baird. [152.] 

 4a. OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH — 



Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni (Cabanis) Ridgway. 

 [153.] 



5. DWARF THRUSH — 



Hylocichla unalascie (Gmelin) Ridgway. [150.] 

 5a. ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERMIT THRUSH — 



Hylocichla unalasese auduboni (Baird) Ridgway. 

 [149o.J 

 56. HERMIT THRUSH — 



Hylocichla unalaseae pallasi (Cabanis) Ridgway. [119.] 



6. RED-WING THRUSH — 



Turdus iliacus Linn.eus. 



7. AMERICAN ROBIN.— [155.] 



Merula migratoria i Linn.eus) Swainson & Richardson. 

 7a. WESTERN ROBIN.— 



Merula migratoria propinqua Ridgway. 



8. SAINT LUCAS ROBIN — 



Merula confinis ( Baird i Ridgway. 



9. VARIED ROBIN.— 



Hesperocichla ntevia (Gmelin) Baird. [156.] 



10. SAGE THRASHER — 



Oreoseoptes montanus (Townsend) Baird. [255.] 



11. MOCKINGBIRD — 



Miiiuis polyglottus (LlNNiEUS) Boie. [253, 253a.] 



12. CATBIRD.— 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.eus) Cabanis. [254.] 



13. BROWN THRASHER.— 



Harporhynchus rufus (Linn.eus) Cabanis. [261, 261a.] 

 13a. MEXICAN BROWN THRASHER.— 



Harporhynchus rufus longirostris (Laeresnay) Coues. 

 [260.] ' 



14. SAINT LUCAS THRASHER.— 



Harporhvii'-lms ciucrcus Xantus. 

 14a. BENDIRE'S THRASHER.— 



Harporhynchus cinereus bendirei (Coues) Henshaw. 



15. CURVE BILLED THRASHER.— 



Harporhynchus curvirostris ( Swainson ) Cabanis. [259, 

 259a.] 

 15a. PALMERS THRASHER.- 



Harporhynchus curvirostris palmeri Ridgway. 



Vol. II.-82. 



16. CALIFORNIAN THRASHER — 



Harporhynchus redivivus (Gambell) Cabanis. [256.] 



16a. LECONTE'S THRASHER — 



Harporhynchus redivivus Lecontei (Lawrence) Coues. 

 [257.] 



17. RUFOUS VENTED THRASHER — 



Harporhynchus crissalis Henry. [258.] 



18. SOCORRO THRASHER — 



Harporhynchus graysoni Baird. 



19. AMERICAN WATER OUZEL — 



Ciuclus mexicanus Swainson. [164.] 



20. BLUE-THROATED WARBLER — 



Cyanecula suecica (LiXN/EUSi Brehm. 



21. STONE CHAT.— 



Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.eusi Bechstein. [157]. 



22. BLUEBIRD — 



Sialia sialis i Linn.eusi Haldeman. [15S.] 



23. CALIFORNIAN BLUEBIRD — 



Sialia mexicana Swainson. [159.] 



24. ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD — 



Sialia arctica Swainson. [160.] 



25. TOWNSEND'S SOLTAIRE.— 



Myiadestes townsendi (Audubon) Cabanis. [235]. 



26. BLACK-CRESTED FLYCATCHER — 



Phainopepla nitons (Swainsoni Sclater. [234.] 



27. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER — 



Polioptila cserulea (Linnausi Sclater. [282.] 



28. PLUMBEOUS GNATCATCHER.— 



Polioptila plumbea Baird. [283.] 



29. BLACKTAILED GNATCATCHER.— 



Polioptila californica Brewster. [284.] 



30. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET — 



Regulus calendula (Linn.eusi Lichtenstein. [i61.] 



31. DUSKY KINGLET.— 



Regulus obscurus Ridgway. 



32. CUVIER'S KINGLET.— 



Regulus cuvieri AUDOBON. [163.] 



33. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET — 



Regulus satrapa Lichtenstein. [162]. 

 33a. WESTERN GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET.— 

 Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird. 



34. KENNICOTT'S WARBLER.— 



Phylloscopus borealis (Blaschke) Dresser. 



35. GROUND TIT.— 



Chamsea fasciata Gambell. [274.] 



36. TUFTED TITMOUSE — 



Lophophanes bicolor (Linnaeus) Bonaparte. [285.] 



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