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MIMUS ^OLYGLOTTOS ELEGANS (Sharpe). 

 INAGUA MOCKINGBIRD. 



Similar to M. p. polyglottos, but tail shorter (averaging little if 

 any longer than wing), gray of upper parts shghtly paler, under 

 parts nnich whiter (the chest very slightly, if at all, tinged with pale 

 gra\dsh buff or buffy gray), inner web of third rectrix more extensively 

 whfte (at least half its area, sometimes the whole, white), and white, 

 at base of longer primaries usually entirely conceajed by primary 



coverts. 



Adult male. —hength (skins), 224-22S (226); wing, 110-112 (111); 

 tail 110.5-112 (111.2); exposed culmen, 17-17.5 (17.2); tarsus, 30.5- 

 31.5 (31); middle toe, 20.5-21.5 (21).« 



Adultfemale.— Length (skin), 20Q; wing, 97.5; tail, 100.5; exposed 

 culmen, 16; tarsus, 29; middle toe, 19.^ 

 Island of Inagua, Bahamas. 

 Mimus polyglottus (var. bahamensis ?) Bryant, Bost. Joum. Nat. Hist., xi. 1866, 68 



(not Mimus bahamensis Bryant, 1859). 

 [Mimus] dominicus (not Turdus dominicus Linnaus) Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 262, 



no. 3826. 

 Mimus orpheus, var. dominicus Cory, Birds Bahama I., 1880, 48. 

 Mimus elegans Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 339 (Inagua, Bahamas; 

 coll Brit Mus.).— Reichenow and Schalow, Joum. fiir Orn., 1884, 426 

 (reprint of original descr.).-CoRY, Auk, iii, 1886, 20; Birds West Ind., 



1889 34 

 Mimus polyglottos elegans Cory, Auk. viii, July, 1891, 298 (Inagua; crit.), 351 



(Inagua). 

 Mimus polyglottus elegans Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 19, 121, 126, 127. 

 [Mimus] elegans Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 102. 



Mimus polyglottos orpheus (not Turdus orpheus Linngeus) Cory, Auk, viu, 1891, 45, 

 part (crit.). 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS ORPHEUS (Linnaeus). 

 JAMAICAN MOCKINGBIRD. 



Similar to M. p. foh/glottos, but averaging smaller, with relatively 

 shorter tail; inner web of third rectrix with at least half, usually 

 the <Treater part, often the whole, of its area white; under parts 

 whiter, the chest very faintly, if at all, tinged with pale grayish 

 buff or buffy gray. More like M. p. elegans but gray of upper parts 

 very slightly darker, and white at base of primaries usuaUy more 

 extended (more rarely concealed by primary coverts). 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 211-247 (228); wing, 96-114.5 

 (108.4); tail, 98.5-119 (111.1); exposed culmen, 16-19.5 (17.9); 

 tarsus, 27.5-34.5 (32); mi ddle toe, 17.5-22.5 (20.9).^ 



a Two specimens. 



b One specimen. None of the three specimens examined have the sex deter- 

 mined, but according to amount of white on primaries are probably as above, 

 c Thirty-four specimens. 



