TVRDID^. 571 



gin of eur-coverts. Adult female similar, but duller in general color, 

 with the black line bordering ear-eoveris indistinct or obsolete; 

 length about 4.20, wing 1.55, tail 1.90-2.00. Hub. Cuba. 



P. lembeyi GuKUL. Cuban Gnatcatcher.^ 



F.vMiLY TURDID.^. — The Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, 

 Bluebirds, etc. (Pago 323.) 



Genera. 



«'. Gonys not more than one-third as long as commissure, the bill short and 

 rather depressed. (Subfamily Myadestinw. — The Solitaires.) 



Myadestes. (Page 572.) 

 a'. Gonys more than one-third as long as commissure, the bill more slender and 

 compressed. (Subfamily Turdbice. — The Thrushes.) 

 bK Wing less than five times as long as tarsus; wings and tail without any blue, 

 c'. First quill not reaching beyond tips of primary coverts; tail without 

 clear rufous at base. 

 d\ Tail without white at base. 



e*. Tarsus decidedly longer than middle toe, with claw; nasal 



fossffi partly naked, the nostrils whollj- exposed. 



/'. Tail less than three times as long as tarsus; lower parts 



more or less spotted in adult.... Turdus. (Page 573.) 



/'. Tail more than three times as long as tarsus, the lower 



parts plain (throat streaked) in adult. 



Merula. (Page 577.) 

 e'. Tarsus not longer tlian middle toe, with claw; nasal fosste en- 

 tirely filled with feathers, partly concealing the nostrils. 



Hesperocichla. (Page 578.) 

 <P. Tail with basal portion white ; plumage entirely without spots in 



a<i»lt Saxicola, (Page 579.) 



c'. First quill reaching beyond tips of primary coverts. 



dK Feathers on top of head rather short, not forming an olivious 

 crest when erected ; outer web of outer tail-feather widening to- 

 ward end ; tail bicolored, the basal portion (except on middle 

 feathers) abruptly dear rufous; sexes very different in color, 



the adult male with blue throat Cyanecula. (Paffo 579.") 



d^. Feathers on top of head lengthened, forming a decided bushy crest 

 when erected ; outer web of outer tail-feather not widened 



toward end ; sexes alike, and throat never blue Catharus.* 



h'. Wing more than five times as long as tarsus. 



' Po'iopliln Umbtyi GcsnL., Journ. filr Cm. 1861, 32. 



» Calh,.ru, BoxAP., Consp. i. 1.S50, 278. Type. C. immnclali.n Bp., = T„r,lu, auranliiro.tru Habtu 

 (Ucprcjented by four species in Mexico and Guatemala, and others farther southward.) 



