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Western and southwestern Mexico, in states of Sinaloa (Plomosas), 

 Durango (Chacala), Jalisco (San Sebastian; Tonila; Barranca Ibarra), 

 .\[ichoacan (Los Reyes; Patainban; Mount Tancitaro), Mexico (Te- 

 inascal tepee; City of Mexico), Morelos (Huitzilac), Guerrero (Omil- 

 teme), western Oaxaca (Pluma; Cerro San Felipe), and Territory ot 

 Tepic (Tepic). 



Merula tristis Swainson, Philos. Mag., new ser., i, 1827, 369 (Temascaltepec, 

 Mexico; coll. Bullock Mus.?). — Jouy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1894, 774 

 (Barranca Ibarra, Jalisco). 



[Merula] tristis Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 123, part. 



[Turdus] tristis Lichtenstein, Nomencl. Mus. Berol., 1854, 26. 



Planesticus tristis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 4; Notes Om. Coll. 

 Delattre, 1854, 27, footnote. 



Turdus tristis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 330, part (nionogr.). — Salvin 

 and GoDMAN, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1879, 15, part (Temascaltepec, 

 Mexico; Valley of Mexico). — Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., v, 1881, 211, 

 part (in synonymy). — Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. 1, 1898, p. xxvi 

 (crit.); Ibis, 1898, 289 (do.). 



Turdus assimilis (not of Cabanis) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 172 

 (City of Mexico). 



PLANESTICUS TRISTIS ASSIMILIS (Cabanis). 

 JALAPA THRUSH. 



Similar to P. t. tristis, but smaller and darker in ct)lor; the upper 

 parts distinctly deeper, less bufi'y, olive, the chest, sides, and flanks 

 darker and less bufi'y (bufi'y broccoli brown, drab, or hair brown, 

 rather than light wood brown or isabella color). 



Adult male. —Length (skins), 218-223 (220); wing, 121-125 (123.4); 

 tail, 97.5-100 (98.5); exposed culmen, 19-21 (20); tarsus, 30-31 

 (30.4); middle toe, 19.5-22 (20.4).« 



Adult female.— Length* (skins), 198-251 (223); wing, 115-127.5 

 (120.9);- "tail, 88-106 (94.2); exposed culmen, 19-21 (20.2); tarsus, 

 28.5-31.5 (30); middle toe, 20-21.5 (20.9).^ 



Eastern Mexico, in States of A^era Cruz (Jalapa; Vigia; Cordova; 

 Orizaba; Meradin; Potrero) San Luis Potosi (Jilitla), and northern 

 Oaxaca (Jucpiila; Teotalcingo). 



T[urdu.s] assimilis Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 4 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz; coll. Heine 

 Mus.). 



Planesticus assimilis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxviii, 1854, 4; Notes Orn. 

 Coll. Delattre, 1854, 27, footnote. 



Turdus assimilis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 202 (Jalapa, Vigia, and 

 Orizaba, Vera Cruz; crit.); 1859, 327, 362 (Vera Cruz; Jalapa; Orizaba; Oax- 

 aca?; Puente National), 370 (Juquila and Teotalcingo, Oaxaca; crit.; descr. 

 eggs); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 3 (Orizaba).— Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 

 24 part (Jalapa; Orizaba). — Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 543 

 (hot and temperate zones. Vera Cruz). 



a Four specimens. b Seven specimens. 



