24 Cory ofi the Birds of the West Indies. 



Mimus elegans Sharpe. 



Mimus polyglottus (var. bakamensisP) Y^KYXt^T, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist 

 XI, p. 68 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 261 (1869). 



Mimus orpkcus \a.r. dominicics Covn, Bds. Bahama I, p. 48 (iSSo). 



Mimus clcgans Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 339 (18S1). — Cory, 

 List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; 

 underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast ; wings 

 brown ; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth 

 and ninth almost entirely white; tail brown, having the first two 

 and entire inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs 

 brownish. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 8. 50; wing, 4; tail, 4.20; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64. 

 Habitat. Inagua, Bahama Islands. 



Mimus dominicus (Linn.). 



Tardus domitiicus Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766). 



Tardus merle MiixL. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 139 (1766). 



Mimus dominicus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 321 (1844). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 



276 (1850).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 341.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 



262 (1869).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 341 (iSSi).— 



Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 21 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. 



L p. 6 (1885). 

 Mimus polyglottus var. dominicus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, 



p. 63 (1S66). 

 Mimus orpheus dominicus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (iSSi). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; 

 underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast; wings 

 brown; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth 

 and ninth almost entirely white; tail dark brown, having tlie first 

 two and inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs brown- 

 ish. 



Sexes are similar. 



Length, 8.50; wing, 4; tail, 4.18; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64. 

 Habitat, Haiti and San Domingo. 



This species is very closely allied to M. orp/icus^ and perhaps 

 should not be separated from it. 



Mimus gilvus (Vieill.). 



Turdus gilz'us ViKiLL. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 15 (1807). 



Mimus gilvus Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd scr. XX, p. 329 (1S47). — Bp. 



