20 Cory o7i fhc Birds of the West Indies, I January 



Mimus elegans Siiarpe. 



Mimiis polvgioltiis (var. bahamoisisf) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



XI, p. 68 (1866).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 261 (1S69). 

 Mimus orpheus \ViV. doniinicus CoYn, Bds. Bahama I, p. 48 (1880). 

 Mimus elegans Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Miis. VI, p. 339 CiSSi). — Cory, 



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



Sp. Char. il/(//(?.- — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; 

 iinderparts white, slightl}' tinged with ashy on tlie breast ; wings 

 brown ; all of tlie primaries heavil}' marked with, and the eighth 

 and ninth almost entirely white ; tail brown, having the first two 

 and entire inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs 

 brownish. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 8.50; wing, 4: tail, 4.20; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64. 

 Hahitat. Inayua, Bahama Islands. 



Mimus dominicus (Linn.). 



Tardus dominicua LiXN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766). 



Turdus merle MiJLL. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 139 (1766). 



Mimus dominicus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 221 (1844). — Bp. Consp. I, p 



276 (1850).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- 341.— Gray. Handl. Bds. I. p. 



262 (1869).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 341 (1881).— 



Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 21 (1SS5) ; ih. List Bds. W. 



I. p. 6 (1885). 

 Mimus polyglottus x'^r. dominicus'QKW^T.'Pw Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, 



p. 63' (1866). 

 Mimus orphcus dominicus Qo'RX, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; 

 underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast; wings 

 brown; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth 

 and ninth almost entirely white; tail dark brown, having the first 

 two and inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs brown- 

 ish. 



Sexes are similar. 



Length, 8.50; wing, 4; tail, 4.18; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



This species is very closely allied to J\I. orpJiciis^ and perhaps 

 shonld not be separated from it. 



Mimus gilvus (Vieill.). 



Turdus gilvusN\¥^VL\.. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 15 (1807). 



Mimus gilvus Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. XX, p. 329(1847). — Bp. 



