Bulletin - United States National Museum . but it ishoped that the very full particulars given of most of the land birds willin a measure condone this defect. In the present edition the species are numbered 1 to 248 this numeration is retained in parenthesis that of the old List, forfacility of cross-reference. The arrangement and nomenclature arealtered entirely, being conformed to those of the Coues Check List ofNorth American Birds, etc.* The number which each species bears iuthat List is also affixed in brackets. Order PASSERES : Passerine Birds. Suborder OSCINES : Singi
Bulletin - United States National Museum . but it ishoped that the very full particulars given of most of the land birds willin a measure condone this defect. In the present edition the species are numbered 1 to 248 this numeration is retained in parenthesis that of the old List, forfacility of cross-reference. The arrangement and nomenclature arealtered entirely, being conformed to those of the Coues Check List ofNorth American Birds, etc.* The number which each species bears iuthat List is also affixed in brackets. Order PASSERES : Passerine Birds. Suborder OSCINES : Singing TUKDID^ : TURDUSLL : Typical ( Turdus migratorius Linn. Romx. A permanent resident, though probably not represented by the sameindividuals all the year round. A few breed, and a few remain duringthe winter; but the greater number pass through during the migra-tions, proceeding farther north for the summer, and farther south forthe winter. It is most abundant during the months of March and. Fig. 1.—Head of Robin, nat. size. * The Coues Check List of North Americau Birds. Second Edition, Revised to Date,and entirely Rewritten, under Direction of the Author, with a Dictionary of theEtymology, Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names, the Concordance ofprevious Lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications. Boston. Estesand Lauriat. 1882. 1 vol., imp. 8vo, pp. 1G5. Bull. Nat, Mus. No. 26 3 34 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. November, and found in all localities. Many individuals nest in theparks in the city, as those about the White House and the Smithson-ian Institution. In the fall, the berries of the sour gum (Nyssa multi-flora) and poke (Phytolacca decandra) are their favorite food. Two orthree broods are reared each season. The nest, constructed largely ofmud, is placed usually upon the bough of a tree; the eggs are 4-Ginnumber, uniform greenish-blue. [1] 2.(1:-.) Turdus mustelinus Gm. Wood Ttiuusii ; Wood Robin. A
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