NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Subgenus TURD US, Linn. (Page 2.) 
0 iliacus. Smaller than Robin ( T. migratorius ), but of a similar grayish-olive 
above, including head. Under parts white ; the feathers of the lower throat and 
breast streaked with brown. Sides, axillars, and inner wing-covert reddish-cinnamon. 
A conspicuous white streak over the eye, extending as far back as the nape. Wing, 
4.64. Hab. Europe; accidental in Greenland. Nest on trees. Eggs bluish, spotted 
with reddish. {Redwing Thrush.) 
Subgenus P l^A-K^E-S-T-X C-U ^* , B g nar (Page 2.) 
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cJYl Wtctcu ryy{ A jyidtar^a^ • 
Common. Cha.b act.f.t?s. Throat white with dark streaks. Rest of under parts, 
including lining of wing, reddish or ochraceous ; the anal region whitish ; lower 
eyelid white. Length about 10 inches. 
Bn Thn Aii^mirgrartm'iixS'. 
Above slaty-olive, approaching to black on the head. Beneath rufous- 
chestnut. Spot in lore and on upper eyelid of white. Tail, 4.25. Hab. 
Whole of North America; Mexico, south to Oaxaca and Cordova; Cuba 
(very rare) and Tobago, of West Indies. Nest on trees. Eggs plain blue. 
{Common Robin.) var. migr atorius. 
Above dull grayish-ash, not darker on the head. Beneath pale yellowish- 
buff; tinged with ashy across breast; a continuous white stripe from the 
lores over and a quarter of an inch behind the eye. More white on belly 
and flanks than in T. migratorius. Bill stouter; tail only 3.75, while the 
wing is the same. Hab. Cape St. Lucas, Lower California. Nesting and 
eggs unknown. {Cape Robin.) ....... var. con fin is. 
Subgenus HESPEROCICHLA, Baird. (Page 2.) 
■ T - uwlurr msBva qs. Above dark bluish-slate; under parts generally, a patch on the 
upper eyelids continuous with a stripe behind it along the side of the head and neck, 
the lower eyelids, two bands across the wing-coverts and the edges of the quills, in 
part, rufous orange-brown ; middle of belly white. Sides of the head and neck, con- 
tinuous with a broad pectoral transverse band, black. Female duller. Length, 9.75 
inches. Nest on bushes or trees. Eggs blue, spotted with dark brown. Hab. West 
coast of North America, from Behring Straits to California. ( Oregon Robin.) 
iff Subfamily MIMINiE. (Page 1.) 
Genus OREOSCOPTES, Baird. (Page 1.) 
0 O re ese opte s montanus. Above brownish-ash; each feather darker in the centre. 
Beneath dull white, thickly marked with triangular spots, except on the under tail-coverts 
and around the anus, which regions are tinged with yellowish-brown. Wing-coverts and 
quills edged with dull white. Tail-feathers brown; the outer edged, and all (except, 
