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MIMOCICHLA. on 
eye. Wings and tail black, the coverts and outer edges of the quills light 
hoary plumbeous, margining and abruptly contrasting with the general black 
(1st and 2d primaries not margined). Rather more than the terminal] fourth 
(1.20 inches) of lateral tail feathers with a white patch, the portion on the 
outer web plumbeous; this patch diminishes in size on the others until on 
the two inner on each side it forms only a slight plumbeous tip. The bill is 
black; the legs reddish. 
Tarsus, 1.40; middle toe and claw, 1.10; claw from base, .30; bill from 
base of head, 1.09, from nostrils, .61; commissure, 1.10; wing, 4.68; tail, 
5; Ist quill, 1.00 long, .20 wide. 
As shown by Dr. Bryant, this is the true Turdus plumbeus of 
Linneus, based upon the Turdus viscivorus plumbeus of Catesby 
(I, pl. xxx), a Bahama bird not recognized by naturalists until the 
visit of Dr. Bryant to the Bahamas, in 1859. In the 10th edition 
Liunzus confines his citations entirely to Catesby ; in the 12th, he 
includes Brisson’s description of MWerula americana cinerea, a differ- 
ent species. In their endeavors to find in Catesby’s bird one or 
other of the species belonging to the West Indies, authors found 
a great stumbling block in the black bill represented in his figure 
and description; and Vieillot insists that Catesby must have been 
in error. This is, however, one of the most strongly marked 
characteristics of the species. 
Ap. 22, 64. 
Smith- Collee-| Sex | 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. ai Mi Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. 
33,168 168 | 15 PER | Nassau, N. P 1) yl Tale 3 Fitzgerald. | sented 
aif 
33,168. Legs, inside of bill, and iris orange red; bill black. 
Cab. Dr. bryant. | Pia tite 
Mimocichia schistacea. 
Mimocichla schistacea, BAIRD, n. 8. 
(17,713.) Bill very large and stout, about as long as the head; commissure 
very nearly straight. Bill decidedly notched. Rictal bristles short; not 
reaching as far forward as the nostrils. Legs stout ; tarsi longer than middle 
toe and claw; no indication of scutellation anteriorly. Wings rather shorter 
than tail; lst primary much developed, almost half the 2d, broad-falcate, 
rather pointed. Tail somewhat graduated; lateral feathers .70 shorter than 
central. 
Color dark plumbeous, scarcely paler on the rump. Centres of feathers of 
head and back darker (concealed). Jibie plumbeous, vent and crissum 
white. A broad patch on throat extending to the jugulum, lores, and space 
beneath the eye, black; chin and short stripe along the side of lower jaw, 
with concealed basal edges of the throat feathers, white. Tail feathers with 
a terminal white patch, largest externally, and diminishing to the central 
