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islands from which it derives its name, where it is supposed to be a 

 resident. 



a. c? ad. sk. Falkland Islands. Antarctic Expedition [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Falkland Islands. Antarctic Expedition [0.1. 



c. Ad. sk. East Falkland Islands. Antarctic Expedition [O.J. 



40. Turdus flavirostris. 



Morula flavimstris, Swains. I'hil. May. 1S27, p. 369. 



Turdus flavirostris (■S/rains.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 220 (1847) ; Sclaler, 



P. Z. S. 18-J!». p. ■V.Vl ; id. Cat. Amer. B. p. 2 (1862) ; Baird, Rev. 



Am.B. i. p. ;J1 (1864); Grny,Hand-l.B. i. p. 2.57. no. .:^748 (1869); 



Lmor. Mem. Bosf. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 266 (1870) ; id. Bull. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. iv. p. 11 (1870) ; Sclater ^- Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, p. .550 ; Grai/- 



so», Pr. Bod. Soc. N. H. xiv. p. 276 (1871) ; Salv. ^- Godm. Biol. 



Cenfr.-Amer. Zool., Aves, i. p. 21, pi. iii. fig. 1 (1879). 

 Turdus rufo-palliatus, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 209 ; Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 219 (1847). 

 Turdus palliatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 272 (1850). 



In the adult male the general colour of the upper parts is pale 

 slate-grey, slightly suffused with russet on the forehead and crown; 

 lesser, median, and greater wing-coverts chestnut, shading into 

 chestnut-brown on the back and scajjulars ; lores black ; ear-coverts 

 pale slate-grey ; no trace of eye-stripe ; wings brown : outside 

 webs of quills, innermost secondaries, primary-coverts, and bastard 

 wing-feathers pale slate-grey ; tail brown, outside webs of feathers 

 edged with slate-grey. Chin and throat white, each feather with a 

 loug fan-shaped dark-brown terminal streak or spot ; breast and 

 flanks chestnut, shading into M'hite on the centre of the belly and 

 under tail-coverts ; axillarics and under wing-coverts bright chest- 

 nut ; inner margin of quills pale chestnut-brown. Bill yellow 

 above and below. Wings with the third, fourth, and fifth pri- 

 maries nearly equal and longest, second primary between the sixth 

 and seventh, bastard primary 1"05 to 0-95 inch. Legs, feet, and 

 claws pale. Length of wing o'O to 4*7 inches, tail 4"35 to 3"7, 

 culmen 0'96 to 0'9, tarsus 1-31 to 1*3. 



The female does not difl'er from the male in the coloiu* of the 

 plumage. Birds of the year and young in first plumage appear to 

 be unknown. 



Swainson's TcUow-lcgged Thrush appears to be confined to the 

 west coast of Mexico from the entrance of the Gulf of California 

 to the Bay of Tehuantepcc. It is common in the Trcs-Marias 

 Islands. It is a migratory bird, probably ascending to the table- 

 lands to breed. 



a. Ad. sk. Mexico. Piurchased. 



41. Turdus chiguanco 



Turdus chiguanco, D' Orb. et Lafr. Mag. de Zool., Syn. Av.\^. 16 

 (1837) ; iJ'Orbiyn. Toy. Amer. viMd. p. 201, pi. ix. fig. 2 (circ. 

 1840) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 219 (1847) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, 



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