MIMOCICHLA. 85 
Smith- Collee-| Sex lacuriton , 
sonian| tor’s | and | Locality. nepliectad Received from Collected by 
No. | No. | Age. | | Mo 2 
13,67 graced | Jamaica. | Ses Dr Selatertem of,|\op wiiiee sate 
23.302 Atmel lcs Jay, Trelawney, Jam. jJuly 9, 59. = W. Osburn. 
22,140 ne fof Spanishtown, Jam. | Saye Wis Dhos:eMare hy ile. Ue ste scccas 
92141} .. al z | ae Cay ies oll, nye Sebgees 
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22,143 Se Sx ss Jam.) at Pe MR ED Bit US ie feo Scr 
24,340 | 28 g | Goshen, St. Annes, Oct. 10, ’61. Cs eae ly ee 
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MIMOCICHLA, Scrarer. 
Mimocichla, ScuatEr, P. Z. 8. 1859, 336. (Type Turdus rubripes, TEmM.) 
Form.—Bill large, about as long as the head, withont apparent 
notch in some species. Rictal bristles inconspicuous, those near the 
angle of the mouth reaching ‘scarcely more than half way to the 
nostrils. Tarsi lengthened, equal to the middle toe and two lengths 
of its claw, either entirely smooth (or “ booted”) anteriorly, or with 
obsolete indications of scutelle on the exterior face. Wing a little 
shorter than the tail, rather pointed; the Ist primary large, broadly 
faleate, more or less obtuse, and contained from two and a half to 
three times in the 2d primary, which is nearly equal to the 8th quill; 
the 4th and 5th quills longest, the 3d and 6th little shorter. Tail 
somewhat graduated; the lateral feathers about three-quarters of an 
inch shorter. A naked ring round the eye. 
Cotor.—In the four species known to me the prevalent color is a 
uniform slaty or plumbeous, as in the Cat-bird (Mimus carolinensis). 
The extreme chin is white, the throat with a black patch, either uni- 
form or interrupted with white. The lores and space beneath the 
eye blackish. The lateral tail feathers have a terminal patch of 
white on their under surface for nearly half the exposed length, 
obscured on the outer web by a plumbeous tinge on the upper sur- 
face. All the feathers of wings and tail black, the former with the 
exposed or outer surface margined broadly with plumbeous in abrupt 
contrast (the black shows externally on the ends of the quills). First 
and 2d quills black, without external margin. Tail feathers margined 
at the base. 
The species may be thus distinguished :— 
Bill black; whole under parts, including vent and crissum, 
uniform slaty < : - - : : . plumbea. 
Bill reddish-black ; under parts plumbeous, except vent and 
cerissum, which are white : - : = C .  schistacea. 
Bill reddish-black ; beneath plumbeous ; lower abdomen and 
thighs cinnamon red; crissam white. - : - rubripes. 
