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decidedly olivaceous brown above and shaded with grayish below. 

 Two of these are completing the postnuptial moult (August 29), and 

 the third is in comparatively fresh plumage (March 22). A fourth 

 specimen, however, although taken only a day later than the last, 

 is a precise counterpart in all respects of the type of retrusus. This 

 latter individual is somewhat worn (May 25), and I believe that its 

 pale coloration is due to fading rather than to any geographical vari- 

 ation. At all events, until its characters can be substantiated by ad- 

 ditional specimens in fresh plumage, I cannot see my way clear to 

 accord recognition to the form it is supposed to represent. 



The Solitaire was reported from the Isle of Pines by Gundlach 

 many years ago, on what he discovered later was unreliable authority, 

 The capture of a single specimen by Mr. Zappey at Pasadita therefore 

 constitutes the first authentic record for the island. " The Isle of 

 Pines Solitaire is very rare and occurs in the densest forests only, 

 where, on account of its retiring habits and dull coloration, it is very 

 hard to shoot. Its loud, ringing song can be heard a great distance, 

 and is almost startling in the still forests in which the bird lives. The 

 stomach of the only specimen taken contained a few berries and the 

 remains of insects." A bird believed to have been of this species was 

 seen by Mr. Link at Hato, on the " south coast," on October 17, 1912, 

 but was unfortunately not secured. The natives here appear to be 

 acquainted with the bird, but say it is very rare. 



106. Mimocichla rubripes rubripes (Temminck). Red-legged 

 Thrush. 



Turdus rubripes Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 (Nueva Gerona, fide 

 Gundlach). 



Mimocichla rubripes Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 122 (I. of Pines, in geog. 

 distr.). — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 49 (I. of Pines). — Read, Oologist, 

 XXVIII. 1911, 13 (I. of Pines); XXX, 1913, 122 (McKinley; habits). 



Mimocichla rubripes rubripes Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 208 

 (Santa Fe, San Juan, El Hospital, and Cayo Bonito; habits; crit.). — Read, 

 Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 124 (I. of Pines; nesting). — Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 

 1911, 44 (McKinley); XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa Barbara). — 

 Read, I. of Pines News, V, Oct. 18, 1913 (descr.; habits). 



"Red-legged Thrush" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of Pines). 

 — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58 (I. of Pines); XXVII, 1910, 5 (Nuevas 

 River), 42 (I. of Pines; nesting), 84 (McKinley to Nueva Gerona); XXVIII, 

 1911, 3 (McKinley), 5 (McKinley and Santa Barbara Mountain; nesting), 6, 11 

 (Nuevas River), 113 (West McKinley), 146 (Bibijagua); XXX, 1913, 123 

 (Pine River), 125, 127 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines), 164 (Santa Barbara 

 to Nueva Gerona), 168 (Los Indios). 



