IIG GENERA AND SPECIES OF ]!IHI)S. 



-. coryi, S/iar/tc, in Sivbolim's Mo:io^i\ Tiirdida-, CiUinaii I!rao Is 

 ii. p. L'12(l'.IO->). 



3. plumbea (^Litm.). Jjahama Is. 



bryanti, Seebohin, Cat. B. v. p. 2S0. 



4. schistacea, Bamh Eevion- Amer. B. p. 37 E. Cuba. 

 (1804). 



5. ravida, Cor//, Auk, iii. ]>. 4iU» {lS8(i). Grand Cayman I.sl. 



G. ardesiaca ( r?f///.). (v. p. 282.) Greater Antilles. 



7. albiventris, Sclater, P. Z. S. ISSO, p. 320. Dominina. 



[verrillorum, Allen, Auk, riii. p. 217, 1891.] 



IX. CICHLHERMINIA, />>. 



(Sharpp, Cat. B. Brit. :\ins. vi p. 326, ISSl.) 

 ICf. Stejneger, Proe. T.S. Xat. Mus. v. p. 47G, 1SS3 ; 

 Cory, Auk, \iii. pp. 43, 44, ISiJl.] 



1. herminieri {Lcfr.). (p. 327.) Lesser Antilles 



(Guadeloupe). 



present volume ajjpears to me to be natural, but it remains to be seen whether an 

 e.vact examination of characters will justify my arrangement. 



The distinctive characters between the genera Ti/rdKs and Mcritla are very slight, 

 and the difference in colour of the sexes in the latter genus is of no account. The 

 proportion of the primary-quills emphasized by Dr. Stejneger is also an unstable 

 cliaracter ; but the larger size of the bastard primary in the Mcrulee, which is almost 

 Timeliine in form in some specie?, is peihaps ihe best feature to rely on for the 

 separation of the Biackbird.s and Thrushes. The wing is, as a rule, more pointed in 

 the latter ; but even then the proportion of the quills varies in allied species, and in 

 two eloselj' connected species a migrattiry bird will sIujw a more pointed wing than 

 its resident and moi'e sedentary ally. 



