Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



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Tardus ardosiaceiis Vieill. Eticy Meth. p. 646 (1S23). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 92 (1S66) ; ib. X, p. 25 (1866). 

 Mimus flumbeus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 221 (1844). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 276 



(iS,-o). 

 Galeoscoptes plu7nbcus Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1S50). — Salle, P. Z. S. 



1S57, p. 231. 

 Mimocichla ardosiaca Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 39 (1S64). — Gundl. J. f. O. 



187S, p. 165; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VH, p. 171 (1S7S). 

 Turdus ardosiaceiis var. J>otoricensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



XI, p. 93 (1S66). 

 Mimokitta ardosiacea Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. J63 (1S69). 

 Mimohitta ardosiaceay^r. porter icensisGB.\Y, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1S69). 

 Mimocichla ardesiaca ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). — 



Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 282 (iSSi).— Cory, Bull. Nutt. 



Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) ; ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 18 



(1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885).— Tristram, Ibis, 18S4, P- 168. 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage plumbeous; a patch of black extend- 

 ing from below and in front of the eje to the base of the upper 

 mandible; throat white, streaked heavily with black; top of head 

 somewhat dotted with brown ; underparts pale plumbeous, becoming 

 white on the abdomen and crissum ; primaries dark brown, the outer 

 •webs edged with plumbeous gray ; same marking, but much broader, 

 edging the secondaries ; tail dark brown, the outer feathers broadly 

 tipped with white, the white becoming less and less to the fourth, 

 which is only narrowly touched ; but the tail-marking varies in dif- 

 ferent specimens and seasons; bill, eyelids, and legs vermilion 

 orange; iris reddish brown. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 10; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.70; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .75. 

 Habitat. San Domingo and Porto Rico. 



Genus Cichlherminia Bonaparte. 



Cichlhcrminia Bp. Comptes Rendus, XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854). 



Cichlherminia herminieri (Lafr.). 



Turdns herminieri L,\FR. Rev. Zool. 1844, P- i'^7- — Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 



219 (1844). 

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



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 327 (1S81).— Cory, List Bds. 



W. I. p. 5 (18S5). ^ 

 Cichlherminia bonapartii ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 335. 

 Cichlherminia rherminierii Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869). 

 Margarops herminieri ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). — 



Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 52 (1878).— Scl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 72. 



Sp. Char. il/rt/<? .• — Above brown; intermediate between C.dominicensis 

 and C. sanctiV-lucia; ; the feathers on the crown showing faintdusky 



