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Turdus ardosiaceus YiEihLOT, Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 648 (Santo Domingo). — Bryant, 

 Proc. Best. Soc. N. H., x, 1866, 92 (Santo Domingo). 



Mimocichla ardosiacea Baird, Review Am. Birds, July, 1864, 39. 



[Turdus] ardosiacea Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 263, no. 3844. 



[Mimocichla] ardesiaca Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 2 (Haiti). — 

 Cory, List Birds West Indies, 1885, 5, part (Haiti). — Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 

 1903, 116, part. 



Mimocichla ardesiaca Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., v, 1881, 282, part (in synon- 

 ymy).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 151 (Fort Jacques and Port 

 au Prince, Haiti; habits; notes; crit.); Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 

 18, pis. 2, 3; Auk, iii, 1886, 6, part (Haiti); Birds West Ind., 1889, 20, part 

 (Haiti); Cat. West Iml. Birds, 1892, 19, 122, 131, part (Haiti).— Tristram, Ibis, 

 1884, 168 (Santo Domingo). — Cherrie, Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 9 (song, 

 etc.). — Christy, Ibis, 1897, 319 (La Vega and Sanchez, Santo Domingo). 



MIMOCICHLA ARDOSIACEA PORTORICENSIS (Bryant). 

 PORTO RICAN THRTJSH. 



Similar to M. a. ardosiacea, but averaging larger, with decidedly 

 larger bill;^ bill, eyelids, legs, and feet bright yellow in life.^ 



Adult ma?g.— Length (skins), 246-283 (261); wing, 122.5-138.5 

 (128.9); tail, 107.5-123 (115.1); exposed culmen, 23.5-29 (24.7); 

 tarsus, 38-40.5 (39.5); middle toe, 21.5-24.5 (23.5).'^ 



Adult female.— hength (skins), 250-272 (260); wing, 121.5-130 

 (126.3); tail, 102-120 (111.5); exposed culmen, 22.5-25.5 (24.6); 

 tarsus, 36-39 (37.4) ; middle toe, 21-24 (22.5).'^ 



Island of Porto Rico, Greater Antilles. 



Galeoscoptes plumbeus (not Turdus plumbeus Linnseus) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Lond., 1859, 337, part (Porto Rico; monogr.). 

 Mimocichla plumbea Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 166 (Porto Rico; fresh colors of unfeath- 



ered parts). 

 Turdus ardosiaceus (not of Vieillot) Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1866, 250 



(Porto Rico); Journ. fur Orn., 1866, 184 (Porto Rico). 

 Mimocichla ardosiacea Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 310 (Porto Rico); 1878, 



159 (Porto Rico), 165 (Porto Rico; descr. nest and eggs); Anal. Soc. Esp. 



Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 171 (Porto Rico).— Bowdish, Auk, xx, 1903, 20 (Porto 



Rico; song, food, etc.). 

 Mimocichla ardesiaca Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., v, 1881, 151, part (descr.; 



Porto Rico).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 6, part (Porto Rico); Birds West Ind., 



1889, 20, part (do.); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1893, 19, 122, 131, part (do.). 

 [Mimocichla] ardesiaca Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 5, part (Porto Rico.). — 



Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 116, part. 

 Turdus ardosiaceus, var. portoricensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1866, 



93, in text (Porto Rico). 



oThe color characters assigned by Doctor Bryant do not hold good in the series 

 examined. There may be a difference in the color of the bill, legs, feet, and orbital 

 ring in life or in freshly killed specimens, but in dried skins I can not detect any 

 difference. 



b Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 166. 



c Ten specimens 



d Seven specimens. 



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