348 timeliid^t:. 



tail-feathers entirely dark brown, the next dark brown, somewhat 

 lighter at the tip, the four outer feathers dark brown, broadly tipped 

 with white on the inner wob, the outer web whity brown at the end, 

 tlie outermost feather edged with white along the outer web ; eye- 

 brow broad and white ; sides of face also white, faintly washed with 

 brown, the lores and a broad stripe along the upper ear-coverts 

 blackish brown ; sides of neck dark brown, slightly washed with 

 ashy grey ; under surface of body white, with a slight wash of ashy 

 on the fore neck and breast ; sides of the body washed with rusty 

 brown, rather brighter on the under tail-coverts, the sides of the 

 body and flanks distinctly streaked with dark brown, the under tail- 

 coverts scarcely streaked at all ; thighs ashy brown ; axiUaries and 

 under wing-coverts pale fulvous brown, the edge of the wing whitish ; 

 quills dusky brown below, ash}- along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 9"75 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4-4, tail 4"8, tarsus 

 1-35. 



The specimens from Uruguay and Parana are decidedly larger than 

 those from Bolivia, measuring 4-6-4"8 in the wing. Mr. Alan Peel 

 gives the beak, legs, and iris as " black." 



The Paraguayan Mocking-Thrush occurs throughout Southern 

 Brazil, and extends to Bolivia, but is here rather smaller, and appa- 

 rently constitutes a distinct race. 



a. Ad.sk. Monte Video (C. Darwm). Zoological Society. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Mr. Bridges [C.]. 



d. Ad.sk. Maldonado (C. J>«7-?CT«). Zoological Society. 



e. Ad. St. Maldonado. Sir W. Burnett and Admiral 



Fitzroy [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Paysandu, Buenos Ayres, Henry Duniford, Esq. [C.]. 



Aug. 1877. 

 g, h. 2 ad. sk. Uruguay. Alan Peel, Esq. [C.]. 



12. Mimus saturninus. 



Turdus saturninus, Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 39 (182.3). 



Mimus s&i\xrnmvi>i, Neutcied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iii. p. 658; Cab. 

 Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 83 (1850) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 127 : 

 Scl. P.Z. S. 1859, p. 344; id. Cat. Ainer. B. p. 62 (1862); Peh. 

 0;-n. ^ras. p. 95 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above rusty brown on the head, lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, the latter uniform, but the head 

 slightly mottled with dark-brown centres to the feathers; the 

 feathers of the mantle and upper back dark brown, edged with ashy 

 brown, producing a slightly mottled appearance ; least wing-coverts 

 like the back, the median and greater series dark brown, margined 

 with pale rusty and tipped with ashy whitish ; bastard wing-feathers 

 and primary- coverts dark brown, broadly edged with ashy white ; 

 quills dark brown, narrowly tijjped with whitish, the secondaries 

 margined with rusty brown, the primaries with ashy Avhitish ; four 

 centre tail-feathers dark brown, slightly paler at the tip, the four 

 outer feathers dark brown with a broad white tip to the inner web, 



