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Sp. Char. Male. — Chin, and a band on the lower part of the throat showing 

 white; the rest of entire head and throat reddish brown; 

 back brown, with a faint tinge of olive, becoming grayish on the 

 rump; underparts grayish brown, becoming dull Avhite on the 

 abdomen; wings and tail dark brown. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .70. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Merula migratoria (Linn.). 



Tardus migratorius Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 292 (1766). — -Bd. Bwr. & 

 RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 25 (1S74). — Skebohm, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus. V, p. 220 (1881). 



Platiesticus migratorius Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 405. 



Merula migratoria CoRY, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (18S5). 



Accidental in Cuba. 



Merula aurantia (Gmel.). 



Turdus aurantius Gmki.. Syst. Nat. I, p. S32 (17S8). — Bp. Consp. I, p. 



275 (1S50).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70; i^. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 6 



(1S62). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 192. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 292. 

 Turdus leucogcnus ILxTH. Ind. Orn, I, p. 341 (1790). — Vieill. Nouv. Diet. 



XX, p. 254 (iSiS). 

 Merula saltator "HiLL. Comp. Jam. Aim. 1S42." — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 



140(1847). 

 Merula Icucogenys GosSE, Bds. Jam. p. 136 (1847). 

 Cat/iarus aurantius Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 3 (1854). 

 Semitnerula aurantia Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 84 (1S64). — A. & E. 



Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). 

 Mimocichla aurantia ScL. «& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). 

 Morula aurantia Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 247 (1881). — Cory, 



List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). 



Sp. Char, il/rt/fc'.- — Top of head dark brown; chin white; abdomen dull 

 white ; the rest of plumage slaty brown ; wings and tail dark brown ; 

 two of the greater wing-coverts next to the inner secondaries 

 broadly edged with white, giving a noticeable white marking to 

 the wing. 



Female: — Appears to be similar to the male, but is perhaps 

 somewhat paler. Some specimens do not seem to difler at all in 

 coloration. 



Length (skin), 9.50; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, i.So; bill, .85. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



