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Mirnus gracilis (not of Cabanis) Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, ]859, 7, part (Salama, 

 Vera Paz, Guatemala; crit.; food). — Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., I860, 410 

 ("Costa Rica," i. e. Guatemala; see Frantzius, Journ. fur Orn., 1869, 290). — 

 ScLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1859, 343, part (Guatemala); Cat. Am. 

 Birds, 1862, 9 (Salama, Guatemala).— Owen, Ibis, 1861, 60, pi. 2, fig. 2 (San 

 Gercmimo, Guatemala; habits; colored fig. of egg). — Baird, Review Am. 

 Birds, 1864, 54, part (San Geronimo).— Salvin, Ibis, 1866, 202 (highlands of 

 Guatemala). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 91 ("Costa Rica," i. e. 

 Guatemala). — Nelson, Auk, xv, 1898, 159 (Chiapas to Pacific coast). 



(?) Mimus gracilis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 343, part (Honduras). — 

 Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 110 (Comayagua, Honduras; habits). — Baird, Review 

 Am. Birds, 1864, 54, part (Honduras). 



[Mimus] gilvus (not Turdus gilvus Vieillot) Sclater and Salvin, Noin. Av. Neotr., 

 1873, 3, part (Guatemala). 



Mini us 'gilvus Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Ain., Aves, i, 1879, 36, part 

 (Salama, San Geronimo, plain of Zacapa, upper Montagua Valley, Duenas, 

 and Jutiapa, Guatemala; Comayagua, Honduras?). — Sharpe, Cat. Biixls 

 Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 350, part ((iuatemala; Comayagua, Honduras?). 



[Mi7nus] gilvus Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 104, part. 



Mimus gilvus guatemalensis Ridgway, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (quarterly issue), 

 xlvii, Aug. 6, 1904, 113 (Capetillo, Department of Suchitepecpiez, Guatemala; 

 coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



MIMUS GILVUS LAWRENCEI Ridgway. 

 TEHUANTEPEC MOCKINGBIRD. 



Similar to M. g. guatemalensis, but gray of upper parts much browner 

 (drab-gray instead of smoke gray), and wings and tail less black (more 

 slaty), with much broader gray edgings. 



Adult 7r/fl7c.— Length (skins), 240-255 (250); wing, 113.5-124 

 (116.6); tail, 117.5-126.5 (121.9); exposed culmen, 17.5-18.5 (18); 

 tarsus, 32.5-34.5 (33.4); middle toe, 21.5-22.5 (22).« 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 220-237 (231); wing, 103-109.5 

 (107.3); tail, 104-117.5 (111.3); exposed culmen, 16.5-18.5 (17.6); 

 tarsus, 31.5-32.5 (33.3); middle toe, 19-22.5 (21).^ 



State of Oaxaca, southwestern Mexico (Tehuan tepee City; San 

 Mateo del Mar). 



Mimus gracilis (not of (labanis) Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 12 



(Tehauntepec City, Oaxaca). 

 Mimus gilvus (not Turdus gilvus Vieillot) Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 



Aves, i, 1879, 36, part (Tehuantepec). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.. vi, 



1881, 350, part (Tehuantepec). 

 [Mim,us'] gilvus Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903^ 104, part. 

 Mivius gilvus latvrencei Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 12, 1882, 10 



(Tehauntepec City, Oaxaca, s. w. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Reichenow 



and ScHALOw, Journ. fiir Orn,, 1884, 427 (reprint of original descr.). 

 [Mimus gilvus] d. lawrencei Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 11, 12. 

 M[inrus] lawrencei Ridgway, IVIan. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 542. 

 [Mimus] laicrencei Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 104. 

 Mimus gracilis lawrencei Nelson, Auk, xv, Apr., 1898, 159. 



a Four specimens. '' Five specimens. 



