352 TIMELTID.E. 



through Venezuela to Guiana, inhabiting also the islands of Trinidad, 

 Tobago, S. Vincent, Grenada, and 8anta Lucia. Specimens from 

 these various districts vary somewhat ; but I follow Messrs. Salvin 

 and Godmau in uniting them under the specific heading oi M.gilvus. 



a. Ad. St. S. America. Zoological Society. 



b. Ad. st. British Guiana {Schom- Zoological Society. 



burcfk) . 



c. Ad. sk. Venezuela. M. Verreaux. 



d. Ad. sk. Tobago {Kirk). Sir W. Jardine. 



16. Mimus patagonicus. 



Orpheus patagonicus, Zfl/)'. e< (Z' OrS. Mag. de Zool. 183(j, p. 19; D'Orb. 



Voy. Amir, merid. p. 210, pi. 2. fig. 2. 

 Mimus patagonicus. Gray in Darivin, Voy. ' Beayk,' Birds, p. 60 



(1841) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 221 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 277 (1850); 



Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 344 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 262, no. 3825 



1869). 

 Mimus patachonicus, Hudson, P. Z.S. 1872, p. 538; Scl. ^ Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 3 (1873). 



Adult. General colour above dark ashy brown, the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts washed with rusty brown, the latter 

 somewhat more ashy ; least wing-coverts ashy brown ; median and 

 greater series dark brown or blackish, tipped with white, forming a 

 double band across the wing ; bastard wing-feathers and primary- 

 coverts black, broadly tipped with white ; quills blackish, narrowly 

 tipped with white, the primaries edged with white about the middle 

 of the feathers, the secondaries more broadly margined with rusty 

 brown, and the white tips also broader ; tail-feathers blackish, the 

 two centre ones not tipped with white, but all the others with a 

 distinct ending of white, which increases in extent towards the 

 outermost, which is also white along the outer web ; over the eye a 

 tolerably broad line of white ; lores blackish ; sides of face whitish, 

 with dusky tips to some of the feathers ; the ear-coverts rufous- 

 brown, with the upper edge dusky brown, forming a streak ; throat 

 white, separated from the cheeks by a faintly indicated moustache 

 of dusky brown ; lower throat, fore neck, and breast ashy brown, 

 with greyish-white margins to the feathers ; sides of body light 

 rufescent brown, with whitish edges to the feathers, producing a 

 somewhat barred appearance ; centre of abdomen, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts creamy white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale 

 brown with white margins, the edge of the wing pure white ; quUls 

 dusky brown below, ashy along the inner web ; " eyes olive-green " 

 ( W. H. Hudson). Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-9, 

 tail 3-8, tarsus 1-3. 



The Patagoniau Mocking-bird is apparently confined to Patagonia. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Santa Cruz (C. Dartcin). Zoological Society. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. Ad. sk. East Patagoina. Sir W. Burnett and 



Admiral Fitzroy [P.]. 

 J. Ad. sk. Rio Negro, Patagonia. W. II. Hudson, Esq. [C.J. 



