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value (Hylocichla)^ as suggested by Prof. Baird. (Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, page 4.) 



II. The MIMING, or Mocking Thrushes, have the 

 tarsus scutellate (sometimes booted in Galeoscoptes), the 

 first primary scarcely spurious; the rictal bristles better 

 developed, and the tail relatively longer, in our species 

 longer than the wings. These birds have a brilliant and 

 varied song, but all of them are plainly clad. All are 

 American. 



III. MYIADESTINJB, the Fly-Catching Thrushes, have 

 been usually associated with the Atnpelidce^ but their 

 affinities are rather with the thrushes, as Prof. Baird has 

 shown. All are American, the single species within 

 our limits is a rare straggler from the West. 



* Tarsus booted ; wings longer than tail. (TUKDEN.E.) 

 f Breast spotted; length 8, or less. . . HYLOCICHLA, 1. 

 ff Breast unspotted ; ( in ours) reddish or banded with black ; 

 length 9, or more TURDUS, 2. 



** Tarsus scutellate in front (scutella rarely obsolete) ; wings (in 



ours) shorter than tail. ( MIMING.) 



$ Bill about as long as head, sometimes much longer, straight 

 or curved, riot notched. . . HARPORHYNCHTJS, 3. 

 tt Bill much shorter than head, notched at tip. 

 . Tarsus distinctly scutellate ; ours ashy, with black and 



white. MIMUS, 4. 



act. Tarsus feebly scutellate ; plumage lead-colored ; crissum 



chestnut-red GALEOSCOPTES, 5. 



*** Tarsus booted ; wings about equal to tail ; bill short, much 

 depressed, notched and hooked ; color ashy. (MTIADESTIN^:.) 



MYIADESTES, 6. 



/. HYLOCICHLA, Baird. WOOD THRUSHES. 



< Turdus, Linn. 



1, H. mustelina, (Gm.) Bd. WOOD THRUSH. Cinnamon 

 brown, brightest on the head, shading into olive on the 



