*^, 



i8S6.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. q 



alar narrow band; the throat unfortunately is soiled with blood, 

 but as well as I can judge, it has stripes colored like the breast, and 

 the feathers edged with whitish; the thighs are dull rufous; the bill 

 is large and strong, the upper mandible is black, the under also, but 

 showing a brownish tinge; tarsi and toes dark brown." 



The sexes are similar. 



'■Length (fresh), 94 in.; wing, 4^ ; tail, 3.^ ; tarsus, i^ ; bill from 

 front, |." (L.\WR. orig. descr. ) 



Habitat. St. Vincent. 



This species is allied to M. ftiinigatiis^ but is perfectly dis- 

 tinct. It li;is thus tar only been taken in the island of St. 

 Vincent. 



Gkxus Mimocichla vScl. 

 MimocicJiht Sclater. P. Z. S. 1859. P- 336- 



Mimocichla rubripes (Temm.). 



Tiirdus rubripes Temm. PI. Col. II, p. 409 (1S26). — ViG. Zool. Journ. Ill, 

 p. 439 (1827).— D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba. Ois. p. 46 

 (1840).— GuNDL. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 31S (1852). 



MiniHS riibripes Bp. Consp. I, p. 276 (1850). 



Galeoscoptes rubripes Cab. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (18^0). — -Brewer, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860). 



Mimocichla rubripes ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 6 (1862). — Baird, Rev. Am. 

 Bds. p. 38 (1864). — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869).— Gundl. 

 J. f. O. 1872. p. 406. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 

 (1873).— Seebohm. Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 283 (1881).— Cory, 

 List Bds.W. I. p. 5 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male : — I'pper plumage dark slaty gray; feathers on the head 

 darker in the centre ; lores and ear-coverts verv dark brown ; chin 

 and lower sides of the cheeks white ; throat black, the lower portion 

 having the feathers margined with gray ; breast and upper part of the 

 belly and sides slategray ; lower part of the belly and thighs chestnut; 

 under tail-coverts white; quills, secondaries, and wing-coverts black, 

 edged with slate color; tail brownish black, the four outer feathers 

 on each side tipped with white, some of the feathers showing gray 

 at the base of the outer webs : bill brownish black. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin). 10: wing. 4.40; tail. 4.20; tarsus, 1.45; bill, .90. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 

 y 

 Mimocichla schistacea Baird. 



Mimocichla schistacea Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 37 (1864). — Gr.\y, 

 Handl. Bds. I. p. 263 (1869).— Guxdl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 407.— Cory, 

 List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). 



