TURDIB.E — TlIK THRUSHES — SIALIA. 



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the length of the latter. Spurious primary very short, the second i|uill 

 longer than the fourth. In the closed wing the outer secondary reaches only 

 about two thirds the length of the longest primary. Nostrils oval. Mouth 

 ■with bristles. 



The genus Saxlcola, forming tlie type of this division, is found chieily in 



S. Mexicajia. 



the Old World, but the »S'. cenanthoides, Vigors, is stated to have come from 

 Northwest America. (See Cassin, Illust. I. 208, 1854, PI. 34, Nova Scotia 

 specimen.) 



Genus SIALIA, Swainsox. 



Sialia, SwAiNSON, Zool. .Juur. III. Sept. 1827, 173 (S. sialis). 



Gen. CnAR. Bill, short, stout, broader than high at the base, then compressed ; slightly 

 notched at the tip. Rictus with short bristles. Tarsus, not longer than the middle toe. 



Claws considerably curved. Wings much longer than the tail ; the first primary spurious ; 

 not one fourth the longest. Tail moderate ; slightly lorkcd. 



