Bryant.] 68 tOctoberlT, 



of the head of the largest specimen of G. triclias in the cabinet of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, compared with that of the present spe- 

 cies. Besides the great difference In the bill, the wing Is rounder, the 

 tail much broader, and the whole bird much larger. Length, 136; 

 wing, 65 ; tail, 59 ; tarsus, 22.5 ; bill along ridge, 1 7. Above, with closed 

 wings and tail, bright yellowish-olive ; a fillet of black of equal width 

 extends from a little behind the ear coverts round the forehead, includ- 

 ing the eyes, and reaching the lower edge of lower mandible. This 

 black Is bordered posteriorly with pearl-grey, which is gradually 

 shaded into the olive of the back. Beneath bright chrome-yellow, 

 without the white on the centre of abdomen always found in G. trichas, 

 the flanks gradually shaded with olive Into the color of the back. The 

 stomach and assophagus of one contained the head and body of an 

 Anolis, which without the tail measured ten inches and a half in 

 length, showing rather a carnivorous propensity for a bird of this fam- 

 ily. 



f Seiurus aurocapillus. Common. 



f Seiurus noveboracensis. Common. These two birds are 

 called night walkers by the inhabitants. 



Turdu3 (Mimokitta.) 



f Turdus plumbeus Lin. I tried very hard to procure addi- 

 tional specimens of this interesting bird, but without success. I was 

 told by the inhabitants that after the sapodlllas were ripe, they came 

 into the settlement and could be easily killed. 



Mimus (Leucomimus . ) 



* Mimus polyglottus (var. bahamensis) ? Very abundant at 

 Inagua, but not seen by me In any other Island. This variety (?) 

 comes in between dominicensis and the typical pohjglottus ; the differ- 

 ence between pobjgloUus of the United States, hahamensit^, dominicen- 

 sis, cuhanensifi, portoricensis and orpheus are so slight, that though It 

 is possible to assign an average to each variety, it is, I think, impossi- 

 ble to determine with absolute certainty to which variety any single 

 specimen belongs, excepting by a knowledge of the locality from 

 whence it comes. The most readily distinguished Is the typical orpheus., 

 and mistakes would not often occur in determining such specimens. 



(Skotiomimus.) 



* -j- Mimus bahamensis Bry. Very abundant at Inagua, but 

 not so common as the preceding species. Prof. Baird, in his Review 



