BIRDS OF KORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 233 



Mimiis polyglottos orpheus Cory, Auk, viii, 1891, 45, part, 350, part (Great Bahama 

 I.). — BowDisH, Auk, XX, 1903, 19 (Porto Rico; descr. nest; food). 



Mimus polyglottus orpheus Cory, Auk, viii, July, 1891, 294 (Cuba), 295 (Berry 

 I., Bahamas); ix, 1892, 48 (Maraguana I., Bahamas); Cat. W. I. Birds, 

 1892, 121, 157, part (Great. Bahama, Abaco, Berry Islds., New Providence, 

 Andros, and Maraguna, Bahamas; Cuba, Isle of Pines, Grand Cayman, and 

 Jamaica, Greater Antilles). 



Mimus polyglottus (not Turdus polyglottos Linneeus) Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 

 144. — Hill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18G3, 304 (Jamaica; crit.). — Brewer, 

 Proc. Best. Soc. N. H., iii, 1860, 307 (Cuba).— Gundlach, Journ. fur Orn., 

 1861, 324 (Cuba); 1872, 408 (do.); 1874, 311 (Porto Rico); 1878, 159, 166 

 (do.; crit.); Repert. Fisico Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 230; Journ. fiir Orn., 1872, 408 

 (Cuba); Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 173 (Porto Rico).— Albrecht, 

 Jour, fur Orn., 1862, 194, 201 (Jamaica).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 19 (do.); 

 Birds West Ind., 1889, 33 (do.). 



[Mimus] polyglottus Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 6 (Cuba). 



Mimus polyglottos Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 312 (near Trinidad, 

 s. Cuba). 



Mimus polyglottus, var. cubanensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., x, 1866, 68 

 (Cuba).' 



Mimus polyglottus, var. portoricensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1866, 

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



Mimus polyglottos portoricensis Cory, Auk, viii, Jan., 1891, 46 (crit.). 



Mimus polyglottus portoricensis Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 19, 121, 132, 

 157 (Porto Rico). 



[Mimus] portoricensis Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 103. 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS DOMINICUS (Linnaeus). 

 HAITIAN MOCKINGBIRD. 



Similar to M. p. orpheus, but with white at base of primaries much 

 more extended, the innermost (first) primary sometimes entirely 

 white. 



Adult ?naZe.— Length (skins), 228-233 (230); wing, 100-115.5 

 (107.6); tail, 103-110.5 (107.2); exposed culmen, 16-19 (17.7); 

 tarsus, 29.5-33.5 (31.6); middle toe, IS. 5-22.5 (21).« 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 220; wing, 103.5; tail, 102; exposed 

 culmen, 18; tarsus, 29.5; middle toe, 20.5.'' 



Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



[Turdus] domtnicus Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 295 based on Le Merle 

 de S. Domingue, Merula dominicensis, Brisson, Orn., ii, 284, pi. 27, fig. 1). — 

 Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 340. 



M[imus] dominicus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 221. 



[Mimus] dominicus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 276. — GRAY^ Hand-list, i, 

 1869, 262, no. 3826.— Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 6. 



Mimus dominicus Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 232 (Santo Domingo). — 

 Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 341 (monogr.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 341, footnote.— Cory, Birds Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 

 21; Auk, iii, 1886, 20; Birds W. I., 1889, 34.— Christy, Ibis, 1897, 319 (San- 

 chez, La Vega, etc., Santo Domingo; habits). 

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a Five specimens. b One specimen. 



