Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. •? c 



Consp. I, p. 276 (1850).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 342.— ScL. & 



Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 3 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U, S. Nat. 



Mus. 1, p. 1S7 (1S78).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn Club, V, p. 166 



(18S0).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Biit. Mus. VI, p. 350 (18S1).— Ridgw. 



Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 



(1S85). 

 Mimics melanoptertis Lawr. Ann. Lvc. N. Y. V, p. 31;, pi. 2 (1849). — 



ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 9 (1S62).— Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 553. 

 Mimus columbianusQ\^. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850). 

 Mimus gracilis Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 83 (1850). — Baird, Rev. Am. Eds. 



p. 54 (1864).— Lawr. Ann. Ljc. N. Y. IX, p. 91 (1868). 



Sp. Char. — Above grajish brown, ashy on the rump and forehead; 

 underparts dull ashy white ; flanks streaked slightly with brownish, 

 wings brown, edged with dull white; under wing-coverts marked 

 with brown ; tail dark brown, all the feathers tipped with white, 

 central feathers very slightly, sometimes apparently not at all, the 

 white increasing to the outer feathers, which show a patch of white 

 on tip of inner web, about three quarters of an inch in length, 

 extending to a less extent to the outer web; bill and feet black. 

 Length (skin), 8.75; wing, 4.45; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25. 

 Common in St. Vincent, Grenada, Santa Lucia, and St. 



Thomas. 



Mimus gundlachi Caban. 



Mimus gundlachi Qh^."]. f. O. 1855, p. 470. — ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- 34-- — 



Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 59 (1864). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 



230 (1865).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 344 (1S81).— 



Cory, List Bds.W. L p. 6 (1885). 

 Mimus bakafnensis^KYAKT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 114 (1S59). — 



Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 52 (1864). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 48 



(1880); /d. List BdsW. I. p. 6 (1885).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. 



Mus. VI, p. 334 (1881). 

 Scotiomiinus bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 68 



( 1 866). —Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869). 

 Mimus giindlachii Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869). — Gundl. J. f. O. 



1 87 2, p. 409. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Much larger than M. folyglottus, and the white tail- 

 feathers wanting. Above pale rufous brown, the rufous tint most 

 marked on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; below pale ash, streaked 

 with fine lines of brown, becoming broader upon the sides; 

 wings rufous brown, feathers slightly edged with pale rufous; 

 wing-coverts tipped with white, forming two narrow bars; tail 



