TURDID^. 571 



gin of ear-coverts. Adult female similar, but duller in general color, 

 with the black line bordering car-coverts indistinct or obsolete; 

 length about 4.20, wing 1.55, tail 1.90-2.00. Hah. Cuba. 



P. lembeyi Gundl. Cuban Gnatcatcher.^ 



Family TURDIDiE. — The Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, 

 Bluebirds, etc. (Page 323.) 



Genera. 



a}. Gonys not more than one-third as long as commissure, the bill short and 

 rather depressed. (Subfamily Myadestince. — The Solitaires.) 



Myadestes. (Page 572.) 

 a'. Gonys more than one-third as long as commissure, the bill more slender and 

 compressed. (Subfamily Turdinoe. — The Thrushes.) 

 h^. Wing less than five times as long as tarsus ; wings and tail without any blue. 

 c^. First quill not reaching beyond tips of primary coverts ; tail without 

 clear rufous at base. 

 d^. Tail without white at base. 



e\ Tarsus decidedly longer than middle toe, with claw; nasal 



fosssB partly naked, the nostrils wholly exposed. 



/\ Tail less than three times as long as tarsus ; lower parts 



more or less spotted in adult.,.. Turdus. (Page 573.) 



p. Tail more than three times as long as tarsus, the lower 



parts plain (throat streaked) in adult. 



Merula. (Page 577.) 

 e". Tarsus not longer than middle toe, with claw; nasal fossas en- 

 tirely filled with feathers, partly concealing the nostrils. 



Hesperocichla. (Page 578.) 

 d^. Tail with basal portion white ; plumage entirely without spots in 



adult Saxicola. (Page 579.) 



c^ First quill reaching beyond tips of primary coverts. 



d^. Feathers on top of head rather short, not forming an obvious 

 crest when erected ; outer web of outer tail-feather widening to- 

 ward end ; tail bicolored, the basal portion (except on middle 

 feathers) abruptly clear rufous ; sexes very different in color, 



the adult male with blue throat Cyanecula. (Pao-e 579.) 



d^ Feathers on top of head lengthened, forming a decided bushy crest 

 when erected; outer web of outer tail-feather not widened 



toward end; sexes alike, and throat never blue Catharus? 



V^. "VYing more than five times as Ions: as tarsus. 



1 Polioptila lembeyi Gundl., Journ. fiir Orn. 1861, 32. 



' Catharua BoNAP., Consp. i. 1850, 278. Type, C. immacuJahis Bp., = Turdus anrantiirostris Hartl. 

 (Represented by four species in Mexico and Guatemala, and others farther southward.) 



