Cory on the Bird.-i of the West hidtes. 



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Margarops fusca Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259(1869). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above brown, the feathers slightly edged with ash; 

 throat and breast brown, feathers heavily edged with white, giving 

 a mottled appearance which shows faintly on the belly and almost 

 disappears at the vent; primaries brown, pale edged; upper tail- 

 coverts tipped with white ; tail brown, tipped with white; bill yel- 

 lowish, with an olive tinge; upper mandible shading into brown at 

 the base; legs pale olive ; iris pale yellow. 

 The sexes are apparently similar. 



Length, 10.25; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .76. 

 Habitat. Inagtia, Bahamas; Porto Rico, San Domingo.? St. 

 Thomas, St. Croix. 



Margarops densirostris (Vieill.). 



Turdns densirostris \\e.\\a.. Nouv. Diet. XX, p. 233 (1816). — Lafr. Rev. 

 Zool. 1844, P- 167. — Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850). 



Cichlherminia dc7tsirostris Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1S54). 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (1881). 



Margarops densirostris ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- Zlfi- — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, 



p. 259 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). 



Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 233 (187S).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S79, P- 

 765.— Allen, Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (iSSo).— Cory, List 

 Bds. W. I. p. 6 C1S85). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above dark brown, feathers edged with pale brown; 

 primaries dark brown, margined w-ith reddish brown; inner secon- 

 daries tipped with white; throat heavily marked with white on the 

 upper portion, shading into dark brown on the breast, the feathers 

 edged with white ; centre of the belly dull white ; sides mottled with 

 white and brown; under tail-coverts white, banded with brown; 

 tail dark brown, tipped with white; bill and legs horn color; iris 

 pale yellow. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 10-75; wing, 5.30; tail, 4.30; tarsus, i. 25; bill, i.io. 

 Habitat. Dominica, Martinique, Montserrat, Santa Lucia 

 and Guadeloupe. 



Margarops montanus (Lafr.). 



Turdns monta.ius Lafr. Rev. Zool. 

 1S44, p. 107. 



Margarops montanus ScL. P. Z. S. 

 1859. P- 33C'; 'J>- 1S71, p. 26S.— 

 Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 

 (1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). — 

 Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, 

 p. 52 (1878). — Lister, Ibis, 



