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 Group TURDE.E. 

 Synopsis of the American genera. 



fli. Fore part of the nasal fossie bare, and nostrils never concealed with bristles. 



hK Wing never longer than three and a half times the length of the tar- 



sns .^ Hijlodclila. 



h -. Wing never shorter than four times the length of the tarsus Turdns. 



a-. Whole of the nasal fossa? feathered, and the nostrils nearly concealed by stiff 

 l>ristles HesperocicMa. 



Hylociehla pallasi. 



Hylocichla fuscescens. 



Hylociehla mustelina. 



Hylocichla Baird. 



<.17f>8.— Tardus Lin. Syst. Nat. x ed. i, p. 168. 



X 1860.— J/iacws Des Murs. Trait<5 Ool. Ornith. p. 292. (Type iliacus.) 



yiSU.—BiiJocichla Baird. Eev. American Birds, p. 12. (Type musteUnus.) 



Small, spotted Thrushes, with long and pointed wings, the third and 

 fourth primaries being the longest j with short first primary, arched 



