BIRDS. 409 



The nomenclature here adopted is that of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American 

 Birds. In Mr. Turner's list, as originally published^ the 

 names adopted, were, in the main, those of Ridgway's 

 " Nomenclature of North American Birds," forming 

 "Bulletin 21" of the U. S. National Museum. In the 

 present reprint, aside from the revision of the nomen- 

 ■clature to bring it into conformity with the system now 

 almost universally adopted, the only changes are the 

 addition of a few titles to the list of authorities cited, 

 the numbering of the species consecutively instead of in 

 conformity with the Ridgway " Nomenclature," and the 

 addition of critical remarks on a few species attributed 

 to Labrador on doubtful evidence. 



An asterisk (*) prefixed to a name indicates that the 

 species is resident throughout the year. A dagger (f ) 

 .similarly placed indicates breeding. 



J. A. Allen.J 



1. Turdus mnstelinus (Gmel.). Wood Thrush. 

 Stearns, p. 116, asserts that he heard this species in 



Southern Labrador. [Labrador is quite beyond the 

 normal range of this species, which is found only spar- 

 ingly in Northern New England. Mr. Stearns omits 

 the species from his later " Bird Life in Labrador," cited 

 above.] 



2. Turdus fuscescens (Steph.). Wilson's Thrush. 

 Audubon, vol. iii., p. 27, saw young July 20, 1833. 

 Brewster, p. 368, saw a pair July 24, 1881, on Anti- 



costi. [This species can reach Labrador only as a 

 straggler, being of rare occurrence even in Northern 

 New England.] 



