53. MiMirs. 343 



Hmid-l. B. i. p. 262, no. 3832 (1869) ; ScL ^ Salo. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 3 (1874) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 504, 1877, p. 749, 1880, 



p. 190. 

 Mimiis peruvianus, Peak, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 87. 

 Mimiis thilius (nee Mol.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 221 (1847); Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 276 (18.00) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 262, no. 3833. 

 Mimus leucospilus, Peb. Sitz. Akad. Wien, xxxi. p. 324 (18-58) ; Set, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 344 ; Graij, HaniU. B. i. p. 262, no. 3822 (1869). 

 Mimus nigriloris, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 137 (1871) *. 



Adult. General colour above light ashy brown, with dark centres 

 to the feathers of the head and mantle, producing a mottled appear- 

 ance ; the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform ; lesser 

 wing-coverts like the back, or brown edged with the same colour as the 

 back ; median and greater coverts brown, margined with ashy and nar- 

 rowly tipped with whitish; bastard wing-feathors dark brown or black- 

 ish ; primary-coverts white, the basal half brown, forming a wing-patch 

 with the adjoining base of the primaries ; quills dark brown, edged 

 with ashy, the primaries margined with whitish, and the secondaries 

 tipped with whitish also ; tail-feathers brown, shaded strongly with 

 ashy grey, and tipped with whity brown, the four outer feathers 

 with a large spot of white near the end of the inner web ; a broad 

 white eyebrow ; lores and a broad streak along the upper edge of the 

 ear-coverts dark brown ; cheeks and ear-coverts ashy whitish, with 

 a few dusky tips to some of the feathers ; throat white, separated 

 from the cheeks by a broad moustachial line of black, ending in a 

 series of largo black spots down the sides of the neck, which are 

 white ; fore neck, breast, and sides of body light ashy browTi, the 

 latter streaked with blackish brown ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 creamy white, the latter with light-brown bases ; under wing- 

 coverts and asillaries very pale bro^vn, edged with white ; quills 

 ashy brown below, edged with ashy white along the outer web. 

 Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5, tail 5-6, tarsus 1-G. 



The Long-taUcd ilocking-Tlirush is found from Ecuador to Peru, 

 ranging perhaps into Northern ChUi. Birds from Puna Island are 

 remarkable for their clear grey coloration, blacker lores and ear- 

 streak, and broader white tips to the wing-covcrts. (il/tts. P. L. S., 

 and Salv. Sf Godm.) 



a. Ad. sk. [Chili.] M. "Verreaux. 



b, c. Ad. sk. St.-Helena Bay, Sir W. Burnett and 



Ecuador. Admiral Fitzroy [P.]. 



7. Mimus hillii. 



Mrnius hillii, March, Proc. PhUad. Acad. 1863, p. 291 ; Baird, Revim 

 Ajmr. B. p. 52 (1864) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 262, no. 3830 (1869) ; 

 Set. i.^- Sah. Noiiwiicl. Ar. Neotr. p. 3 (1873). 



Mimus oi-phcusi, /////, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1863, p. 304 {nee L.). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, streaked with dusky 

 * Tho locality " Mexico " is doubtless erronenus. 



