TURDUS. 



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proportions, mnoh paler ground color boncath, proator extent of 

 white on tin* l)«'ily, abHeni-c of bluclt or diislvy on tlic liciul, etc., leads 

 me to consider it us dintiiict. Its beiiif? u suninier bird of (.'ape St. 

 liUcurt is also an additional argninent for this view. It is decidedly 

 not to be referred to T. Jlavirodris. 



Turdus flaTirostris. 



Turdiis flavirostris, Swainbon, Philoa. Mag. 1827, 369. — Sclater, P. Z. 



S. 185J), 332. 

 Tiirdus rufnpiiUi(itu», Lafr. Re7. Zool. 1840, 259 (erroneouHly qaoted 



88 from Monterey, Cal.)- 

 Turdua palliutus, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 272. 



Ilab. Western Mexioo. 



This species appears to be but little known to ornithologists at 

 the present time, none having been obtained by Boucard, Salle, 

 D'Oca, and other collectors. Mr. Xantus, however, procured nume- 

 rous specimens, in 1863, about Colima, Mex., which would seem to be 

 its centre of abundance. It appears to vary but little in color with 

 sex and season, and may readily be identified by Sclater's diugnosis. 



Smith- 

 bodIbd 



No. 



12,864 

 26,349 

 29,350 

 29,381 

 29,3.')2 

 29,3.'i3 



80,131 

 80,137 

 81,818 



Locality. 



1st. Tchuantcpec. 

 Colemtt, Mpx. 



When 



Collected. 



Mny 17, 

 Juii. 1863. 



Feb. 1983. 

 Aug. 1863. 



Received from 



T. C Martin. 

 J. Xantus. 



Collected by 



A. J Cirayson. 



J, XHQlUb. 



29,349. Length, B.fiO. Iris brown. 



29,3.W. " 8.S0. " reddish. 



20,3'>1. " brown. 



2{).3,W. " " 



?fl,3J3. " " 



29,3.14. Iris brown. 



30,134. Length, 8./S0. 

 30.1.37. " 9.25. 

 31,818. 



Iris brown. 



Me7'ula. 

 Turdiis infuacatus. 



Merula infuscata, Lafkes. Rev. Zool. 1844, 41. — Turdus infuscatuSf 

 ScLATEK & Salvin, Ibis, I, 1859, 6.— ScLATEK, P. Z. S. 1859, 334, 

 362.— Ib. Catal. 1861, 5 (no. 33). 

 Hub. Mexico (Xalapa, Oaxaca). Guatemala. 



