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(juv.) and 14, Aug. 2 and 3 (2 juv.), Sept. 18, Dec. 8-10, Feb. 25. 

 The series contains 3 young specimens in spotted plumage. 



This species is apparently resident in the coast district, but is 

 probably absent from the region above 5000 feet, as no speci- 

 mens were taken there by Mr. Smith's collectors, nor is it in- 

 cluded in Mr. Bangs's list of the species obtained by Mr. Brown. 



The present series indicates the necessity of recognizing Bo- 

 naparte's Planesticus luridus as at least a well-marked subspecies 

 of M. grayi. Only one of the 12 specimens at all closely resem- 

 bles true grayi, which is perhaps sufficient to imply their prob- 

 able intergradation. 



382. Merula albiventris fusa Bangs. 



Merula albiventris fusa BANGS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. XIII, 1899, 107. 

 Chirua (type locality), La Concepcion, San Miguel, and San Francisco. 



Six specimens, Bonda, Dec. 16 and 22, Jan. 20, Feb. 22, and 

 Aug. i. 



383. Merula phaeopyga minuscula Bangs. 



Merula phceopyga minuscula BANGS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. XII, 1898, 181 

 (Palomina and Pueblo Viejo) ; ibid. XIII, 1899, 108 (La Concepcion and San 

 Miguel). 



Seven specimens : Valparaiso, 6 specimens, all adult, March 

 9-29 and June 6. Also a single specimen partly in first (nestling) 

 plumage, Bonda ? Aug. 27.. 



In this specimen the feathers of the head, neck, interscapulars, 

 scapulars, and wing-coverts have narrow ochraceous shaft-lines, 

 broadening at the tip of the feather on the scapulars and wing- 

 coverts, particularly on the latter, where they take the form of 

 wedge-shaped spots. The breast feathers are buff, broadly tipped 

 with blackish, and the abdominal region has narrow indistinct 

 dusky cross-bars. The bill is deep black, faintly brownish at the 

 base of the lower mandible. 



384. Hylocichla fuscescens (Steffi.). 

 Three specimens, Bonda, Oct. 5, 7, and 13. 



385. Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni (Cab.). 



Turdus swainsoni SALV. & GODM. Ibis, 1880, 115. Minca, Jan. 22. 

 Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni BANGS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. XIII, 1899, 

 107. Chirua, Feb. 16. 



Two specimens, Bonda, Nov. 5 and January. 



