48. CICHLHEEIIISIA. 327 



b"'. Rufous shade on lower tliroat and fore 

 neck not strongly pronounced; inner 

 lining of quills light rufous ; under tail- 

 coverts white with brown bases ; upper 



mandible yellow at tip sanctcB lucics, p. 328. 



b". Throat conspicuously spotted with black; 

 under tail-coverts white, edged with brown ; 

 inner margin of quills ashy brown ; general 

 colour above dark olive-brown, the quills 

 and tail-feathers blackish brown, washed 



with dark olive-brown dominicensis, p. 328, 



b'. Tail-feathers with a large white spot at 

 the tips. 

 c". Culmen longer, 1-4 inch; -white spot on 



tail-feathers longer m shape fnscata, p. 329. 



d". Culmen shorter, 1-2 inch; white spot on 



tail-feathers quadrate in shape densirostris, p. 330. 



b. No yellow on under mandible, the entire bill 

 being horny black ; tail-feathers with a small 

 white spot at the tips montana, p. 330. 



1. Cichlhermmia herminieri. 



Turdus herminieri, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 167 ; Grm/, Gen. B. i. 



p. 219(1847). 

 Cichlherminia herminieri, Bp.C. R. xxxviii. p. 2 ; id. Rev. Zool. 1857, 



p. 204. ^ ' 



Cichlhemiinia bonapartii, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 335. 

 Turdus I'herminieri, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 259, no. 3788. 

 Margarops herminieri, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 268 ; Semper, P. Z. S. 



1872, p. 648 ; Scl. 4- Salv. Nonmicl. Av. Keotr. p. 2 (1873) ; Laior. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. i. pp. 52, 351, 452, 485 (1879). 



Adult male. General colour above russet-brown, the feathers of 

 the crown with obscure dusky margins, the wing-coverts like the 

 back; quills light brown, externally reddish brown, the greater 

 coverts also slightly more reddish brown than the back ; tail-feathers 

 reddish brown ; lores like the head ; ear-coverts russet-brown, 

 narrowly streaked with fulvous shaft-lines, a few of which are also 

 seen on the sides of the crown above the ear-coverts, but not suffi- 

 cient to form an eyebrow ; throat and fore neck sandy buff, the 

 feathers on the former mesially marked with light brown, the fore 

 neck being sandy buff, with brown margins to the feathers ; remainder 

 of under surface conspicuously mottled, the feathers having an ovate 

 white centre, with a distinct light-brown edging, before which there 

 is a distinct subterminal shade of darker brovra ; lower abdomen and 

 vent white ; under tail-coverts pale sandy buff or cream-colour, with 

 brown bases, and margined with brown, less distinctly on the longer 

 ones ; thighs brown, externally tipped with white ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, rather broadly edged with pale sandy brown ; 

 quills brown below, sandy brown along the inner web, forming a 

 conspicuous quill-lining. Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 1-2, 

 wing 5-3, tail 3-6, tarsus 1"7. 



