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feathers indistinctly margined with white, outwardly, those toward 

 whitg of abdomen and center of breast with V-shaped marks of gray- 

 ish brown; under tail-coverts white with mostly concealed V-shaped 

 marks of grayish brown; bill pale brown (in dried skins); iris yellow, 

 yellowish white, or white; tarsi light horn color, toes darker. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 248-297 (272); wing, 124.5-143.5 

 (135.3); tail, 94.5-120.5(112); exposed culmen, 26-30 (27.7); tarsus, 

 32.5-38.5 (37.5); middle toe, 23.5-28.5 (25.8). « 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 248-312 (275); wing, 130-142 

 (137.5); tail, 104.5-118.5 (112.3); exposed culmen, 25-30 (28); tar- 

 sus, 34-37 (35.5); middle toe, 24-27 (25.6).'^ 



Bahamas (Watlings Island, Rum Cay, Maraguna,'^ North Caicos,'' 

 Grand Caicos,*^ East Caicos,'' and Great Inagua^) ; Jamaica, Haiti,*^ 

 Mona, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Johns, Tortola,*^^ and Virgin 

 Gorda,*^ Greater Antilles; St. Martins, St. Eustatius, St. Christopher, 

 Barbuda, and Antigua (probably also Anguilla"), Lesser Antilles; 

 island of Bonaire,'' Dutch West Indies. 



Turdusfiiscaius Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., ii, 1807, 1, pi. 57 bis (Santu Domingo; 



Porto Rico); Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xx. LSlfi, 220; Enc. Moth., ii, 1823, 



639.— Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 270. 

 T[urdus]fuscatus Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 219. 

 [Turdus]fuscatus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 259, no. 8785. 



" Twenty-one specimens. 



b Seventeen specimens. 



Specimens from different islands average, respectively, as follows: 



Locality. 



Six adult male.s from Rum Cay, Bahamas 13(i. 1 



One adult male from Watlings Island, Baliaraas I Ki(i. !"> 



Wing. 



Six adult males from Porto Rico . . . 



One adult male from St. Johns 



Two adult males from St. Thomas. 

 One adult male from St. Eustatius. 

 Four adult males from Antigua 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from Rum Cay i:iS 



Two adult females from Watlings Island 130 



Five adult females from Porto Rico 138. 4 



Two adult females from St. Johns 139. 



One adult female from St. Thomas 133. 



One adult female from Jamaica 139.5 



One adult female from St, Croix 130 



One adult femaje from St. Eustatius 140 



One adult female from St. Christopher j 135.5 



One adult female from Sombrero 133.5 



137. cS 

 143. 5 

 13f>. 2 

 142 



i2S.:i 



111.2 



110.. 5 



113.4 



118 



111.5 



114.5 



109.7 



112.5 



112.5 



113.9 



113 



114.5 



104.5 



107 



114.5 



105 



113.5 



28.5 

 27.5 

 28.2 



27.5 

 28 

 30 

 25 



38 



37.; 



35.7 ] 



34.7' 



34.7 



36.7 



3(i 



34.5 



35.5 



37 



36.5 



36.5 



Middle 

 toe. 



25.7 



23.5 



25.3 



25 



25.2 



28.5 



26.5 



26 



25.1 



25.1 



26.2 



26 



24.5 



25.5 



26.5 



26.5 



25 



There seems to be no color difference between specimens from the different islands. 

 c Specimens from these islands not seen by me. 



