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with wliilisli; bill black, the ])asal portion of mandible usually more 

 brownish; iris red;" legs and feet dusky horn color or blackish (in 

 dried skins).'' 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 186-212 (200); wing, 92-100 (9G.5); 

 tail, 72-85 (77.3); exposed culmen, 20-24.5 (23.4); tarsus, 29-31.5 

 (30.2); middle toe, 19-23 (21.4).*^ 



Adult femalc.—ljength (skins), 195-225 (204); wing, 95-106 (98.4); 

 tail, 70-84.5 (77.2); exposed culmen, 22-23 (22.7); tarsus,29-31 

 (29.9); middle toe, 21-23 (21.8) .'^ 



Island of Martinique, Lesser Antilles. 



Turdus hrachyiirus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xx, 1818, 255 (Martinique, 

 Lesser Antilles) ; Enc. Meth., ii, 1823, 655. 



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



Ramphoeindus brachyurus Lafresnaye, Nev. Zool., 1843, 66. — Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 

 166 (Martinique).^ — Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1864, 41 (Martinique). — Law- 

 rence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 352, 486 (Martinique; habits). — Cory, 

 Auk. iii, 1886, 16, part (do.); Birds West Ind., 1889, 30. 



[Ramphodnclus] brachyurus Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 2, part 

 (Martinique). — Gory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, G, part (Martinique). 



Rhaviphodnclus brachyurus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 338, part 

 (monogr. ; Martinique; Guadeloupe?); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 7 (Martinique). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 1881, 325, part (Martinique). — Cory, Cat. 

 West I. Birds, 1892, 19, 120, 133 (Martinique). 



[Rhaniphodnclus] brachyurus Sharpe, Hand-list, iv, 1903, 110. 



C[ampylorhynchus] brachyurus Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1849, App. p. 7. 



F[ormicarius] brachyurus Gr.\y, Gen. Birds, i, 1846, 211. 



Cindocerthia bracliyura Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1855, 214, in text. 



[Cindocerthia\ brachyurus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 264, no. 3856, part (Martinique; 

 Guadeloui)e ?). 



Pelrodromamexicana IjEsso'N, Ann. Sci. Nat., 2d ser., ix, 1838, 168 (''Vera Cruz") 



Legriodndus mexicanus Lesson, Descr. Mamm. et Ois., 1847, 278. 



(?) Z[oothera]dnclops Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 253 (locality unknown; 

 coll. Leyden Museum). 



RAMPHOCINCLUS SANCT^iE-LUCI^ Cory. 

 SANTA LUCIA WHITE-BREASTED TREMBLER. 



Similar to B. brachyurus, but larger and darker; the upper parts 

 darker and more sooty brown (clove brown to dark seal brown), the 

 sides and flanks similar 



Adult /ncfZ^.— Length (skins), 190-222 (204); wing, 101-109 

 (105.2); tail, 77-87 (83.5); exposed culmen, 24.5-27 (26); tarsus, 

 32.5-34.5 (33,4); middle toe, 22-25 (23.3).^ 



o F. A. Ober, on label. 



ft The legs and feet of R. sunctse-ludx are said by Semper to be tlark green in life. 



c Six specimens. 



d Five specimens. 



e Seven specimens. 



