Mr. Swainson's Synopsis of the Birds of Mexico. 369 



29. Merula Jlavirostris. 



Gray ; back and wings tinged with ferruginous ; beneath 

 white ; breast and flanks ferruginous ; chin spotted ; bill 

 yellow. 



Total length, 9|: bill, 1 ; wings, 5; tail, 4|; tarsi, 1-,%.. 



30. Merula fristis. 



Olive brown, beneath whitish ; chin with black spots ; under 



wing covers pale ferruginous ; bill and legs brown. 

 Total length, 9 : bill, 1 ; wings, 5 ; tail, 4; tarsi, ]-i%. 



31. Mend a silcns. 



Hermit thrush. Wilson v. pi. iS. f. 2. 



Olivaceous gray, beneath white; chin, throat and breast with 



black spots; tail tinged with ferruginous. 

 This and the four preceding birds, are from Temascaltipec, 



on the Table land. 

 Total length, 7: bill, %\ wings, 31; tail, 3; tarsi, 1. 



G. Orpheus. Swains, in Zool. Jotirn. No. 10. 



32. Orpheus polyglottos. Turdus polyglottos. Wilson ii.pl. 



10. f. 1. 

 Table land. Real del Monte. 



33. Orpheus curvirostris. 



Gray, beneath whitish; throat and breast spotted; vent pale 



fulvous ; bill long, curved. 

 Table land. 

 Total length, lO^: bill, ]^; wings, 4.|; tail, 5 ; tarsi, Ij. 



S*. Orpheus ccendescens. 



Bluish, crown and throat paler, ears and sides of the head 



black. 

 Table land. The notes of this species are very sweet. 

 Total length, lOi : bill, l^V ; wings, 4^ ; tail, 5\ ; tarsi, -tV> 



G. Seiurus. Swains, iii Zool. Journ. No. 10. 



35. Seiurus aurocapillus. Golden-crowned Thrush. "Wilson ii. 



pi. 14. f. 2. 

 Table land ? 



36. Seiurus tenuirostris. 



Above olive brown, beneath pale yellow with triangular 



blackish spots ; stripe above the eye pale. 

 Table land ? Size of the last. 



G. Si ALIA. Sw. in Zool. Journal. No. 10. 



37. Sialia azurea ? Sylvia Sialis ? Wilson i. pi. 3. f. 3. 



Common on the Table land at Real del Monte and other places. 

 I have some doubts whether this is not a distinct species ; 

 my specimen is of a young bird. 

 [To be continued.] 



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