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Mimus gihus Jardine Ann. N. H. ser. 2, xx, 1847, 329 (Tobago).— SCL. P. Z. S., 1859, 

 342.— Taylor Ibis 1864, 80 (Trinidad).— Semper, P. Z. S. 1871, 2C8 (Sta. Lncia, 

 W. I.); ib. 1872, G48 (do.).— ScL. & Salv. Norn. Neotr. 1873, 3 (part).— Bou- 

 CARD, Cat. Av. 1876, 146 (Guiana).- Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mas. i, 1878, 187 

 (St. Vincent, W. I.) ; ib. 1879, 268 (Grenada, W. I.).— Salv. & Godm. Biol. 

 Centr. Am. Aves, i, 1879, 36 (part). 



'^ Mimus melanoi)terus" (part) ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, 342 (spec's from Trinidad and To- 

 bago) ; Cat. Am. B. 1861, 9 (Trinidad). 



/3. Melaxopterus. 



Mimus vielanopterus Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1849, 35, pi. 2 (Venezuela).— ScL. P. Z. 

 1859, 342 (part: spec's from New Granada and Venezuela) ; Catal. Am. B. 

 1861, 9 (Rio Negro and Bogota).— Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, 1866 (Vene- 

 zuela).— Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 320 (Sta. Marta, New Granada). 



Mimus columhianus Caban. Mus. Hein. i, Jan. 1851, 82 (Colombia; Venezuela). 



y. Gracilis. 



Mimus gracilis Caban. Mus. Hein. i, Jan., 1851, 83 (Honduras?). — Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 

 1859, 5 (Belize ; Vera Paz).— ScL. P. Z. S. 18.59, 343 (Guatemala; Honduras), 

 Cat. Am. B. 1861, 9, No. 58 (Salamii, Guatamala; Honduras).— Moore, P. Z. 

 S. 1859, 55 (Belize). — Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 110 (Comayagna, Honduras). — 

 OwEX Ibis, 1861, 60 (San Geronimo, Gnat.; fig of egg, pi. ii, fig. 2).— Baird, 

 Review, 1864, 54 (San Geronimo).- Lawr. Ann. Lye, N. Y., ix, 1869, 1S9 

 (Merida, Yucatan). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn. 1859, 290. 



'^ Mimus gihus" (i)art) Scl. & Salv. Nom. Neotr. 1873, 3 (" Central America to Guat- 

 emala"). — Salv. & Godm. Biol. Centr. Am. Aves, i, 1879, 36 (Merida, Yuca- 

 tan ; Belize, Comayagna, Ligbt-house, and Glover's reefs, Honduras ; Salama, 

 San Geronimo, ijlain of Zacapa, upper Montagua valley, Duenas, and Jutiapa, 

 Guatemala). 



d. Lawrexcei. 



" Mimus gracilis" Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 4, 187C, 12 (Teliuantepec City). 



3. MEEULA FLAYIEOSTEIS GEAYSONI.* 



Ch. — Above grayish brown, slightly grayer ou the nape, decidedly 

 ashy on primaries, ui^per tail-coverts, and outer webs of tail-feathers, 

 the wing-coverts and scapulars yellowish brown or raw-umber-brown ; 

 lores dusky. Malar region, chin, and throat, white, streaked (except 

 ou chin) with brownish dusky; jugulum light grayish brown, or brown- 

 ish gray, indistinctly streaked with darker ; breast, sides, and flanks, 

 phiin light brown or grayish ochre ; axillars and lining of wings deeper, 

 more reddish, ochraceous ; abdomen, anal region, and crissum, white ; 

 tibiiie light dingy grayish. Bill yellowish, dusky at tip and ou basal 

 portion of culmen; "iris reddish brown" (Grayson); legs and feet 

 light brown (dull yellowish in life I). TVlng 4.80-4.85, tail 3.90-4.00, 

 culmen .80-.85, bill from nostril .60, tarsus 1.35, middle toe .80-.90. 

 Hah. — Tres Marias Islands, oft' coast of Western Mexico. 



Types, Nos. 37322, i, and 37323, 9, U. S. Xat. Mus.; Tres Marias, 

 Jan. 18(55 ; Col. A. J. Grayson. 



* Merula flavirostris graysoni, Ridgway, MS. 



'■' Turdus Jiai'irostris" L.\wrence, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. 1871, 276; Nat. Hist. 

 Tres Marias and Socorro, 1871, 17 ; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. pt. 3, No. 2, 1874, p. 266. 



