O. CATUAUUS. 283 



3. Mimocichla rubripes. 

 Turdus rubripes, Tnnm. PI. Col ii. no. 409(1826); Vigors Zool 



Journ ni. p 439 (1827) ; Sat/ra, Cuba, Ok. p. 48, pi. iv. (1839) '• 



Gundlach, Host. Journ. vi. p. 318 (18o2). 

 Mimus rubripes (Temin.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 276 (1850) 

 Galeoscoptes rubripes (Temm.), Cab. JIus. Ilein. i.'p. 8"^ (1850)- 



y. Journ. Orn. 1855, p. 470; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859 p .336 ^' 



Mnnocichla rubripes (Temm.), Sclater, Cat. Amer. B.v 2(1869)- 



haxrd^ Pev. Am. B. i. p. 38 (18(>4) ; Gundlach, Journ 0,-li. 1872,' 



Mimocichla schistacea, Baird, Rev. Am. B. i. p. 37 (18G4) ■ Gund 

 laeh, Journ. Orn. 1872, p. 407. 



General colour -of the upper parts dark slate-grer, sli-htly paler 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts, the feathers on the head'darker 

 in the centre ; lores and ear-coverts nearly black : no trace of eve- 

 stripe ; quills, wiug-coverts, and innermost secondaries black mar- 

 gined on the outside webs with slate-grey: tail black, the outside 

 webs shading into dark slate-grey at the base, and the four outside 

 leathers on each side more or less broadlv tipped with white Chin 

 aud cheeks white; throat black, the upper feathers with concealed 

 white bases, and the ower with slate-grey margins: breast and 

 upper part, of the belly and flanks slate-grey: lower part of the 

 bely and flanks and thighs chestnut; under tail-coverts white- 

 axillaries and under wing-coverts slate-grev; inner margin of quiUs 

 slate-grey. Eill black. Wing with the fourth and fiftl pi-L^i^s 

 nearly equal and longest, second primary between the seventh and 

 eighth. Legs, teet, and claws yellow. Tail with the outside 

 feathers O-oo to 0-6 inch shorter than the longest. Length of win- 

 4-9 to 4-4o mches, tail 4-4 to 4-12, cnlmen 1-Uo to 1-0, \arsus 1-55 

 to i-4, bastard primary 1-1.5 to 1-0. 



• 7^? ^''l''^" ^^"cking-bird Thrush appears to be confined to the 

 island ot Cuba. 



The British Museum does not possess an example of this species - 

 but skins are in the collections of Dr. Sclater, Messrs. Salvin and 

 troaman, and in my own. 



5. CATHARUS. Type. 



Catharus, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 278 (1850) C. aurantiirostris. 



The genus Catharu.<! forms a connecting-link between the Thrushes 

 and the llobins ; indeed C. >/racillro.,tr!s is a typical Erlthacu, 

 so tar as what are caUed structural characters are concerned ■ in 

 general style of coloration, however, it so closely resembles the other 

 :Seotropical species, that it is probably more nearly related to them 

 than to Its Japanese cousins. The bill varies from very slender and 

 black, through rather slender with pale under mandible, to stout pale 

 brown, yellow or orange; the rictal bristles are slender, and fre- 

 quent y almost obsolete. The tail consists of twelve feathers and 

 IS slightly rounded. The wing varies considerably, some bein- much 



