2 Cory on the. Birds of the West Indies. [ Januan,' 



Ojcasioaally found in Cuba, and recorded from Jamaica, but 

 its occurrence in the latter island is questioned. 



Turdus fuscescens Steph. 



Tardus fascescens Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zool. Bds. 1S17, p. 182. — Gundl. 

 J. f. O. 1861, p. 32-1; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 28S 

 (1865) (Cuba).— Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 203 (1881). 

 —Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1S85). 



Turdus minor Less. D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 47 

 (1S40). 



Common in Cuba. 



Turdus swainsoni Caban. 



Tardus sxvainsoni Cab. Tschudi's Fauna Peruana, 1844; ib. J. f. O. 

 1857, p. 241 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 

 307 (i860). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; ib. 1S72, p. 405 

 (Cuba).— Coues, Bds. Colo. Vail. p. 34 (1878).— Cory. List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 5 (18S5). 



Accidental in Cuba. 



Turdus aliciae Baird. 



Tardus alicicB Bd. Cass. & L.\wr. Bds. N. Am. p. 217 (1858). — 

 Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, L p- .229 (1865). — Bd. Bwr. 

 & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. L p- n (1S74). — Seebohm, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus. V, p. 202 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 

 17 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 51 (1885). 



Cuba and San. Domingo; not common. 



Genus Merula Leach. 



Merahi Le.\ch, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 20 (1816). 



Merula jamaicensis (Gmel.). 



Tardus jamaicensis Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 809 (1788). — Bp. Consp. I, 

 p. 271 (1850). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- S'^y; '^- 1861, p. 70. — Albrecht. 

 J. f. O. 1862, p. 191.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 

 p. 292. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 257 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. t (1873). — Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, 

 p. 208 (1S81). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. J05 (1881). 



Merula jamaicensis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 142 (1847).— Denny, P- 2- S- 

 (1847), p. 38.— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 5 (1885). 



Tardus capuci?tus "Hartl," fide Bp. Consp. L p. 271 (1S50). 



Turdus leucophthalmus "Hill," fide Bp. Consp. L P- 271 (1850). 



Tardus lereboulleti'Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVHL p. 3 (1854). 



