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Menila grayii casius Bangs, Proc. Kew Engl. Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 27 (Loma del 

 Leon, Panama); iii, 1902, 49 (Boquete, Chiriqui, 4000 to 4500 ft.); Auk, xviii, 

 1901, 368 (Divala and David, Chiriqui). 



[Mendd] casius Sharps, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 122. 



[rurdiis] caesiiis Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 257, no. 3744. 



Turdus grayi (not of Bonaparte) Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1860, 323 (Costa 

 Rica). — ScLATER and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 344 (Lion Hill, 

 Panama R. R.; crit.). — Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 26, part (Costa 

 Rica; Panama). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 91 (San Jose, 

 Barranca, and Quebrada Honda, Costa Rica). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1867, 132 (David and Santa Fe, Veragua; crit.); 1870, 180 (Chitra 

 and Volcan de Chiriqui, Veragua); Ibis, 1866, 202, part (Panama, etc.); 

 1872, 314 (Chontales, Nicaragua),.— Frantzius, Journ. fur Orn., 1869, 290 

 (Quebrada Honda and Lepanto, Costa Rica). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1878, 50 (San Jos^, Costa Rica; crit.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1879, 18, part (references 

 and localities pertaining to Costa Rica, Veragua, Panama, and Colombia). — 

 Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 432 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Rica).— Alfaro, 

 Paginas Illustr., i, 1904, 439 (Costa Rica; habits, etc.). 



Turdiis grayii Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1865, 175 (David, Veragua). — 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1866, 202 (lowlands of Central America to Panama). — Seebohm, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., v, 1881, 219, part. 



Menda grayi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, Sept. 5, 1882, 386 (La Palma de 

 Nicoya, w. Costa Rica), 494 (Volcan de Irazii, Costa Rica), 499 (San Jose, 

 Costa Rica); x, 1888, 584 (Segovia R., Honduras).— Nutting, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vi, 1883, 380 (Sucuya, Nicaragua), 397 (Los Sabalos, Nicaragua.)— 

 Cherrie, Auk, 1891, 274 (San Jose, Costa Rica; habits; song; descr. nest and 

 eggs).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 482 (Rio Escondido and 

 Greytown, Nicaragua; song; descr. nest and eggs). 



{Turdxis^ grayi Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 1, part. 



Turdus grayi grayi Hellmayr, Journ. fiir Orn., Jan., 1902, 50, 51, part (Panama). 



PLANESTICUS INFUSCATUS (Lafresnaye). 

 BLACK THRUSH. 



Adult male. — Entirely uniform black, duller and slightly slaty on 

 posterior under parts; bill, legs, and feet yellowish (bright yellow in 

 life?); length (skins), 227-232 (230); wing, 123.5-133 (129.7); tail, 

 94-102.5 (98.7); exposed culmen, 18.5-21 (19.8); tarsus, 28.5-32.5 

 (29.5); middle toe, 20-23 (21). « 



Adult female. — Above uniform olive-brown (nearest raw-umber but 

 much duller), the longer primaries edged with much paler brown; 

 chin and throat dull whitish, the latter, together with malar region, 

 streaked with dusky brown; rest of under parts similar in color to 

 upper parts but paler (nearly Isabella color), fading into light isabella 

 color on abdomen and under tail-coverts; axillars and under wing- 

 coverts cinnamon; bill brown (in dried skin); legs and feet dull yel- 

 lowish (in dried skin); length (skin), 216; wing, 122.5; tail, 91.5; 

 exposed culmen, 18; tarsus, 27.5; middle toe, 20.5.^ 



a Six specimens. ^ One specimen. 



