OEDEE 



r Auu-CjKIIjo! peeohees. 



SUBOEDER Ub(jiJN iiib '. Singing Birds. 



Family TURDID^ : Thrushes. 



Subfamily Tuedin^: Typical Thrushes. 

 I .^ "MCUEDUS MIGEATOEIUS, Linn. ^' 



Robin. 



TutSms migratorius, LiNN., Syst. N.it. i, 1706, 292.— Forst., Phil. Trans. Isii, 1772, 382.— 

 ViEiLL., Oie. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 5, pis. 60, 61.— Wils., Am. Orn. i, 1808, 35, pi. 2, 

 f. 2.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 75.— Nott., Mau. i, 1832, 338.- Auc, Orn. Biog. ii, 1832, 

 190 ; V, 1839, 442 ; pi. 131.- AuD., Syn. 1839, 89.— AuD., B. Am. iii, 1841, 14, pi. 

 142.- Bd., B. N. a. 1858, 218.— Coop. & Suck., Nat. Hist. Wash. Ter. 1860, 

 172.— Ha YD., Eep. 1862, 159.— Bd., Eev. 1864, 28.— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 7.— 

 Mayn., B. Fla. 1872, 2.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 71, fig. 13.— And of 

 authors generally. 



Merxda nugratoria, Sws. & Eich., Fn. Bor.-Am. ii, 1831, 176. 



Turdus canadensis, Briss., Orn. ii, 1760, 225. 



Tardus confinis, Bd., Hev. 1864, 29. (Var., Cape St. Lucas.) 



Sat. — Continent of North America, and portions of Mexico. West Indies, rarely. 

 Accidental in Europe. (Gould, pi. 74; Naum., pi. 362.) 



List of specimens. 



■ Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 4705, Blackbird Hill; 5281, Fort Pierre ; 5282, Yel- 

 lowstone Eiver. 



Later £xpC(iJHo»s.— 54324, 60935-38, 61161, Wyoming (Schmidt & Stevenson); 61650, ■' /' «■ " 

 62275-77, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming {Merriam). ^ j - 



Occurs in suitable localities throughout the Missouri region ; breeds ; ; ; -*• 

 resident, but most abundant in spring and autumn, during the migrations, j S • 



TUEDUS NiEVIUS, Gm. '^, ^ *" 



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Varied Thrush ; Oregon Rol)in. ^ 



Turdus ncevius, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 817. — Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 10. — Aud., 



Orn. Biog. iv, 1838, 489 ; v, 1839, 284 ; pis. 369, 433.— Aud., Svn. 1839, 89.— Aud., ' - ' 

 B. Am. iii, 1841, 22, pi. 143.— Cab., Journ. Bost. Soc. iii, 1848, 17 (New Jersey, ^T/- 

 not Boston, Mass.). — Bp., Consp. 1850, 271.— La we., Ann. Lye. N. Y. v, 1852,/, ta _ 

 221 (New York).- SCL., P. Z. S. 1857, 4; 1859, 331.— Newb., P. E. E. Eep.V. 

 Yi, 1857, 81.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 219.— Heerm., P. E. E. Eep. x, 1859, part vi, f'i ^' 

 45.— Bd., Zool. Ives's Espd. 1860, 5 (Colorado Valley).— Coop. & Suck., N. H. 

 Wash. Ter. 1860, 172.— Bd., Eev. Am. Birds, 1864, 32.— Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 

 1864, 82 (New Jersey).— Lord, Pr. Roy. Art. Inst. Woolwich, iv, 1864, 114.— 

 Lavfr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 1866, 281 (New York).— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 1866, 68 (Colorado Valley).— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 312.— Allen, Am. 

 Nat. iii, 1869, 572 (Ipswich, Mass., Dec, 1864).— Coop., Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 31 

 (Cojur d'Alene Mts., Montana).— Turn., B. E. Pa. 1869, 41 (New Jersey).— 

 Dall & Bann., Trans. Chic. Acad, i, 1869, 276 (Alaska).— Mayn., Guide, 1870, 

 89 (Ipswich, Mass.).— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 10.— Cooes, Key, 1872, 72. 



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