FAM. TURDIDyE 



THRUSHES. 



MIMOCICHLA PLUMBEA. {Linn.) 

 Plumbeous Thrush. 



Local Name. — Blue Thrasher. 



Adidt Male. — General plumage, plumbeous; chin and small 

 patch at base of lower mandible, white ; throat, black ; primaries 

 and secondaries, dark brown, except the first two, edged with slaty 

 gray ; tail, very dark brown, almost black ; the terminal third of 

 the inner webs of the first two, and tips of first four feathers, 

 white; crissum, plumbeous; legs and eyelids, vermilion red; iris, 

 reddish brown. 



Adult Female. — Similar to the male, but appears to be slightly 

 smaller. Cannot be distinguished otherwise than bv dissection. 



Length 10.25, wing 5, tail 5, tarsus i, bill .90. 



For years, the Plumbeous Thrush has been represented only 

 by a very few specimens in some of the large museum collections, 

 and was considered so rare that I was very much surprised, upon 

 visiting the Bahamas, to find it abundant on some of the islands. 



