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SIXGIXG BIRDS — OSCLXES. 



GENa-s MIMUS, BaiE. 



AJimus, BoiE, Isis, Oct. 182G, 972. (Type, Turdus poljiijhtlus.) 

 Orpheus, SwAixsox, Zool. Jour. III. 1827, 167. (Same type.) 



Gi;n'. Char, liill shorter tliuii the liL-ail, dwurvwl Iroiii the base; distinctly notclied at 

 tij). Tarsi longer than the middle toe ; lateral toe.s equal, not reaehing the base of the 

 middle claw, and shorter than the liiiid toe, the claw of which is hali' the total length. 



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M. poltjglottus. 



Tail variable ; equal to or longer than the wings, moderately graduated. "Wings rounded, 

 the exposed portion of the fust nearly or quite half that of the second, which is consider- 

 ably shorter than the third. 



M. jioli/glouus. 



Other species of the genus are found througliout ^Middle and South 

 America, including tlio West Indies and the Galapagos. 



