i8S6.] 



Cory oti the Birds of the Wes.t Indies. 



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Margarops fusca Gray, Handl. Bds. I. p. 259(1869). 



Sp. Char, il/a/e .—Above brown, the feathers slightly edged with ash; 

 throat and breast brown, feathers heavily edged with white, giving 

 a mottled appearance which shows faintly on the belly and almost 

 disappears at the vent; primaries brown, pale edged; upper tail- 

 coverts tipped with white; tail brown, tipped with white; bill yel- 

 lowish, with an olive tinge ; upper mandible shading into brown at 

 the base; legs pale olive ; iris pale yellow. 

 The sexes are apparently similar. 



Length, 10.25; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .76. 

 Habitat. Inagua, Bahamas; Porto Rico, San Domingo .^ St. 

 Thomas, St. Croix. 



Margarops densirostris (Vieill.). 



Turdns dcjisiiostris Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XX, p. 233 (1S16). — Lafr. Rev. 

 Zool. 1844, p. 167. — Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850). 



Cichlkerminia densirostris Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854). 



Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (1881). 



Margarops densirostris ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- 336.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, 

 p. 259 (1S69).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— 

 Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 17,2, (1S78).— Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, P- 

 765.— Allen, Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club. V, p. 166 (1880).— Cory, List 

 Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above dark brown, feathers edged with pale brown- 

 primaries dark brown, margined with reddish brown; inner secon- 

 daries tipped with white; throat heavily marked with white on the 

 upper portion, shading into dark brown on the breast, the feathers 

 edged with white; centre of the belly dull white; sides mottled with 

 white and brown; under tail-coverts white, banded with brown; 

 tail dark lirown, tipped with white; bill and legs horn color; iris 

 pale yellow. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin). 10.75; wing, 5-30 ; tail, 4.30 ; tarsus, i. 25; bill, i.io. 

 Habitat. Dominica. Martinique, Montserrat, Santa Lucia 

 and Guadeloupe. 



Margarops montanus (Lafr.). 



Tardus montanus Lafr. Rev. Zool. 

 1844, p. 167. 



Margarops monta7ius Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1859- P- 336; ib. 1871, p. 268.— 

 Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 2t;9 

 (1869).— Scl. & S.^Lv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1S73). — 

 Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, 

 p. 52 (1878). — Lister, Ibis, 



