AKT. 2 BIRDS COLLECTED IN CUBA AND HAITI WETMORE 31 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS DOMINICUS (Linnaeus) 

 HiSPANIOLAN MOC'KINGBIKD 



Tardus dominicus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 17C6, p. 295 (Hispaniola). 



Five adult birds were obtained at Montet, near Port au Prince, on 

 March 28 ; at the western end of Gonave Island on March 21 ; on 

 Petite Cayemite Island on April 16; and on lie a Vache on April 

 27 and 30. 



DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus) 



Catbird 



Muscicapa caroUnensis Linnaetjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 328 

 ( Virginia ) . 



The catbird was taken at Gibara on February 24 and at Puerto 

 de Tanamo on March 2. This species is a common winter resident 

 in Cuba. 



Family TURDIDAE, Thrushes, Bluebirds, and Solitaires 



MIMOCICHLA RUBRIPES RUBRIPES (Temminck) 



REa>-i,EGGED Thrush 



Turdus ruiripes Temminck, Nouv. liec. Planch. Col. Ois., vol. 2, livr. 69, Oct., 

 1826, pi. 409 (Cuba). 



A pair taken on February 21 four miles east of Gibara are typical 

 of the red-legged thrush in the extent of brown on the abdomen. 



MIMOCICHLA RUBRIPES SCHISTACEA Bsird 



Slate-colored Thrush 



Mimocichln scMstacea Baird, Rev. Amer. Birds. July, 18(>4, p. 37 (Monte Verde, 

 Cuba ) . 



A male was obtained on March 2 at Punta Gorda near Puerto 

 de Tanamo, and a male and a female were taken on March 6 on the 

 mainland ne^r Cayo Grande de Moa. These three birds have the 

 abdomen white without trace of brown. 



This form seems to be restricted in its range in eastern Cuba, the 

 occurrence of typical M. r. ruhripps at Gibara only a short distance 

 west of the points listed above being indicative of the limitation of 

 range of these races on the north coast of the island. Though typical 

 examples of I'uhripes and schistacea are very distinct, in the con- 

 siderable series of these birds in the United States National Museum 

 there are numerous examples from the region of Santiago that show 

 a wash of brown of varying extent on the po.sterior underparts. 

 Others from the same localities have no trace of this color. Inter- 

 gradation seems to be clearly shown, so that schistacca is here treated 

 as a subspecies of rubripes. 



