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4. MIMOCICHLA, Sclater. 



Mimociclila (subgeuus), Sclater, P. Z. S. 18"i9, p. .3'36 . 

 Miniokitta, Bri/ant, Pr. Bosf. Soc. is. p. •■{71 (I860) . . . 

 Mimocitta, Newton, Ihis, LSiifi, p. 1-21 .■. 



Type. 

 M. rubripes. 

 M. bryauti. 

 M. bi-yanti. 



Tail of Mtmoeichla ai dcbiaca. 



The genus Mlmociclda is a very smnll one, nearly allied to 

 Tun/us and Merula, but differing from them in having a much more 

 rounded tail, with the three or foiir outside feathers on eaeh side 

 white at the tips for a considerable distance on the inside web. 

 They are also remarkable for the broad pale borders to the secon- 

 daries and wing-coverts. The bill is slightly more slender than 

 usual among the Thrushes, and the rictal bristles are small. The 

 bastard primary is small, and the second primary considerably 

 longer than the secondaries. The legs are pale in colour, and the 

 tarsus unscutollated. 



These birds frequent dense thickets, and are good songsters, and 

 appear to be all residents in the West-India islands. 



Keif to the Species. 



a. Throat black. 



a'. Eelly slate-colour bryanti, p. 280. 



//. Belly cliestnnt rubripes, p. 28.3. 



b. Throat'wliite, streaked with black ardesiaca, p. 282. 



1. Mimocichla bryanti*. 



Tardus plmiibeus, Linn. Syst. Xut. p. 109 (1758). 



Le Merle cendre d'Amerique, JBriss. Orn. ii. p. 288 (1760, partim). 



* The name of MimociehJa flumhca cannot be used for either this or 

 the next .species, haying been indiscriminately applied to both. Linnaus 



