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Merle, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Frang. lie Saint-Domingue, vol. 1, 1797, 

 pp. 717, 736 (Port-de-Paix, Tortue Island). 



Merula Americana cinerea Brisson, Ornith., vol. 2, 1760, pp. 288-290 (" S. 

 Domingue "). 



Turdus plumoeus, Vieiblot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 1807, pp. 2-3 

 (habits). — Hitter, Naturh. Reis. YVestind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 156 (speci- 

 men). — Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). 



Galeoscoptes plumoeus, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 231 (Santo 

 Domingo City). 



Mimocichla ardesiaca, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 151 (hills 

 near Port-au-Prince, specimens) ; Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1884, 

 pp. 18-20, 2 col. pis. (Petionville, Puerto Plata, Magua, La Vega, Samana., 

 specimens); Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892. p. 122 ("San Domingo"). — 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168 (Dominican Republic, specimen) ; Cat. Coll. Birds 

 belonging H. B. Tristram, 1SS9, p. 129 (Samana, specimen). — Tippenhatjer, 

 Die Insel Haiti, 1892, pp. 320, 321 (listed).— Cherrie, Field Col. Mus., Ornith. 

 ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 9 (Dominican Republic, specimens). — Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 

 319 (La Vega).— Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 366 

 (Dominican Republic). — Kaempfer, Journ. fur Ornith., 1924, p. 184, (Tubano). 



Mimocichla ardosiacea, Lonnberg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 107 (Haiti). 



Mimocichla ardosiacea ardosiacea, Ridgway, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 

 4, 1907, pp. 80-81 (Hispaniola).— Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, 

 p. 416 (Sosfia, Choc6, specimens).— Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull. vol. 30, 1927, p. 141 

 (living example in zoological park). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 80, 1928, pp. 508-509 (Haiti, Gonave, Tortue).— Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 372 

 (habits, food).— Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 321 

 (San Juan, Monte Viejo, specimens). 



Resident; common in forested areas, particularly in the interior. 

 Found on Tortue and Gonave Islands. 



This handsome thrush is robinlike in appearance and in actions 

 but is shy and retiring so that it is not easily observed. It resides 

 in thickets and woodlands, usually in those sections with abundant 

 rainfall, or, in drier areas, near permanent water, and is recorded 

 more regularly from its notes than from actual observation. 



Salle reported it in the vicinity of Santo Domingo City, where 

 it was also observed by Cherrie, who found it in addition common in 

 the interior. Cory obtained specimens at Puerto Plata, Magua, 

 La Vega and Samana. He reports the nesting season as December 

 and January, and describes and figures in color a nest and eggs taken 

 January 9 (1883) near Puerto Plata. The eggs were said to be dull 

 bluish white, heavily blotched with brown measuring (in inches) 

 " 1.10 by 1.85 ". Tristram received a skin from C. McGrigor taken 

 at Samana in 1883. Christy reported this thrush from La Vega, 

 and Verrill wrote that it was common but shy. Specimens that he 

 collected, now in possession of J. H. Fleming, were secured at 

 Sanchez March 6 and 9, and La Vega March 11, 13 and 18, 1907. 

 A juvenile was secured March 9. Peters found this thrush rare on 

 the north coast as he secured only two at Sosiia and Choco, but 

 records it at Monte Cristi and at Bulla as somewhat more numerous. 



