2 4 Cory o?i the Birds of the West Indies. | Janu.iry 



Sp. Char. iJ/i'^/e;— Upper parts dark brown, very narrowly lined on the 

 back; feathers of the wings and tail banded with narrow lines; 

 under surface pale rufous brown. Resembles T. gretiadcnsis, but 

 is darker. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.15; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .80; bill. .10. 

 Habitat. Marti niqtie. 



Thryothorus rufescens Lawr. 



Thryothonis rufescens Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. L p- 47 (1878) ; ib. 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. L p- 486 (1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit.-Mus. 

 VL p. 228 (iSSi).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). 



'■'Male. Entire plumage rufous, much deeper in color above, of a lighter 

 and brighter shade underneath; tail dark rufous, regularlv and 

 closely crossed with narrow bars of black; the coloring of the un- 

 derpart of the tail is duller, but is barred in a similar manner; in- 

 ner webs of quills blackish brown, outer webs and both webs of the 

 innermost secondaries dark rufous, with distinct narrow bars of 

 black; upper mandible dark brown, the under yellowish-white ; feet 

 pale brown. 



Length, 4J- in.; wing. 2i : tail. r| ; tarsus, 11-16; bill from front 

 9-16; from rictus \." (Lawk. orig. descr.) 

 Habit.at. Dominica and Guadeloupe. 



Thryothorus musicus Lawr. 



Thryothorus musirus Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. L p. 148 (1878); ib. 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. L p. 486 (1878).— Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. 

 VL p. 223 (1S81).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). 



'•Male. Above of a dark ferruginous, somewhat darker on the crown and 

 brighter on the rump; lores, and a line running back from the eve, 

 white tinged with rufous; the exposed portions of the wings are 

 dark rufous, conspicuously barred with black; the inner webs of 

 the primaries are blackish-brown; under wing-coverts white; the 

 tail-feathers are dark rufous, barred with black; the entire back and 

 upper tail-coverts are marked inconspicuously with narrow trans- 

 verse dusky lines ; the feathers of the rump have concealed white 

 shaft-stripes, which become wider towards the ends of the feathers; 

 the feathers of the back also have the basal portion of their shafts 

 marked with white; the throat, breast, and middle of the abdomen 

 are white, the latter tinged with rufous; the sides are light ferru- 

 ginous ; the under tail -coverts are rufous, each feather marked with 

 ;i subterminal round black spot; upper mandible, black; the under 



