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763. Hesperocichla naevia (Gmel.). 

 Varied Thrust. 



Turdus ncBvius Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 817. 

 Hesperocichla ncBvia Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. Aug. 24, 

 1880, 166. 



[B 156, C 2, R 9, C s.] 



Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast of North America, from Bering Strait 

 to southern California. Accidental on Guadalupe Island, Lower 

 California, and in New Jersey, Long Island, and Massachusetts. 



Genus CYANECUIiA Brehm. 

 Cj'^^i?^^'^'^ Brehm, Isis, 1828, 1280. Typ&, Motacillasuecica'Lmn. 



[764.] Cyanecula suecica (Linn.). 

 Red-spotted Bluethroat. 



Motacilla suecica Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 187. 

 Cyanecula suecica Brehm, Isis, 1828, 1280. 



[B— , C— , R20, C31.J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World ; casual in Alaska. 



Genus SAXICOLA Bechstein. 



Saxicola Bechst. Orn. Taschb. 1803, 216. Type, Motacilla 

 xnanthe Linn. 



765. Saxicola oenanthe (Linn.). 

 Wheatear. 



Motacilla mnanthe Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 186. 

 Saxicola xnanthe Bechst. Orn. Taschb. 1803, 217. 



[Bis7, C IS, R 21, C 26.] 



Geog. Dist. — Europe, North Africa, Asia, Alaska, Greeenland, 

 and Labrador, straggling southward to Nova Scotia, Maine, Long 

 Island, and Bermuda. Accidental at New Orleans, La. 



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