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Young. — Wings and tail as in adults, but slightly browner; rest 

 of upper parts plain '^grayish brown (nearly prouts brown); throat, 

 chest, upper breast, sides, and flanks paler brown (nearly wood brown) ; 

 lower breast and abdomen dull white, indistinctly spotted with light 

 brown. 



Adult male.— Ijength (skins), 228-245 (238); wing, 116-127 (122.5); 

 tail, 97-108 (102); exposed culmen, 22-25.5 (23.8); tarsus, 34.5-40.5 

 (38.6); middle toe, 22-25 (23.4).'' 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 234-244 (238); wing, 113-123 

 (117.6); tail, 96-105 (98.6); exposed culmen, 23-24.5 (23.8); tarsus, 

 35-39.5 (38); middle toe, 22-25 (24).'^ 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 



[Turdus]aurantii(S GuEijiN,Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1788, 832 (based on Le Merle de la 



Jamaique Brisson, Orn., ii, 277; Le Merle brunde la Javiaique Buffon, Hist. Nat. 



Ois., iii, 391; White-chinned Thrush Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, ii, pt. 1. 



45).— Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 258, no. 3765.— Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 



1850, 275. 

 T[urdus] aurantius Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 219. 

 Turdus aurantius Sclater, Proc. Zool. See. Lend., 1859, 333 (monogr.); 1861, 70; 



Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 6.— Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 192.— March, 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 292. 

 [Catharus] aurantius Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 3. 

 Semimerula aurantia Baird, Review Am. Birds, July, 1864, 34 (Trelawney, 



Spanishtown, and Goshen, Jamaica). 

 S[emimerula] aurantia Newton (A. and E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 105. 

 [Semirturula] aurantia Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein., 1890, 4. 

 [Mimocichla] aurantia Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 2. 

 Mimocichla aurantia Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 11. 

 Merula aurantia Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., v, 1881, 247 (Moneague, 



Jamaica).— Cory, Auk., iii., 1886, 3 (synonymy); Birds W. 1., 1889, 17; Cat. 



W. I. Birds, 1892, 19, 122, 130. 

 [Merula] aurantia Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 5. — Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 



1903, 125. 

 [Turdus] leucogenus Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 341 (based on White-chinned 



Thrush Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, ii, pt. 1, 45). 

 Turdus leucogenus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xx, 1818, 254. 

 Merula leucogenys Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 136; lUustr. Birds Jam., 1849, pi. 



23. 

 Merula saltator Hill, Comp. Jam. Almanack, 1842, fide Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 



140. 

 [Turdus] americanus Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 342 (based on Turdus aurantius 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 832; Merula americana Brisson, Orn., ii, 308, 51; White- 

 chinned Thrush Latham, Synopsis, iii, 45, var. C, etc.) 



« The single young specimen examined has partly assumed the adult plumage on the 

 back and scapulars, but the feathers of the first plumage which remain, these covering 

 most of the interscapular region and the entire pileum, show no trace of streaks or other 

 markings. 



b Nine specimens. 



c Five specimens. 



