MIMOCICIILA. 



B1 



eye. Wings and tail black, the coverts and onter edges of the quills light 

 hoary plumbeous, margining and abruptly contrasting with the general black 

 (1st and 2d primaries not margined). Rather more than the terminal fourth 

 (1.20 inches) of lateral tail feathers with a white patch, the portion on the 

 outer web plumbeous ; this patch diuiinishea in size on the others until on 

 the two inner on each side it forms only a slight plumbeous tip. The bill is 

 black ; the legs reddish. 



Tarsus, 1.40; middle toe and claw, 1.10; claw from base, .30; bill from 

 base of head, 1.09, from nostrils, .61; commissure, 1.10; wing, 4.G8 ; tail, 

 5 ; 1st quill, 1.00 long, .20 wide. 



As shown by Dr. Bryant, this is the true Turdus plumheus of 

 Linnaeus, based upon the TurduH visvivorus plumbeus of Catesby 

 (I, pi. xxx), a Bahama bird not recognized ..y naturalists until the 

 visit of Dr. Bryant to the Bahamas, in 1859. In the 10th edition 

 LinntBUS confines his citations entirely to Catesby; in the 12th, he 

 includes Brisson's description of Merula americana cinerea, a differ- 

 ent species. In their endeavors to find in Catesby's bird one or 

 other of the species belonging to the West Indies, authors found 

 a great stumbling block in the black bill represented in his figure 

 and description ; and Vieillot insists that Catesby must have been 

 in error. This is, however, one of the most strongly gnarked 

 characteristics of the species. 



I 1 



Smith- CoUec- Sex 



enaiaa 

 No. 



33,16S 



tor'8 

 No. 



15 



and 



Age. 



Localtty. 



NuHsau, N. P. 



When 

 Collected. 



Ap. 22, '64. 



Received from 



Collected by 



Lt. Fitz({erald. 

 Cab. l)r. Bryant. 



33,ltf8. Legs, luside of bill, aud iria orange red ; bill black. 



niimocichla scliistacea. 



Mimocichia schistacea, Baird, n. B. 



(17,713.) Bill very large and stout, about as long as the head ; commissure 

 very nearly straight. Bill decidedly notched. Rictal bristles short ; not 

 reaching as far forward as the nostrils. Legs stout ; tarsi longer than middle 

 toe and claw ; no indication of acutellation anteriorly. Wings rather shorter 

 than tail ; Ist primary much developed, almost half the 2d, broad-falcate, 

 rather pointed. Tail somewhat graduated ; lateral feathers .70 shorter than 

 central. 



Color dark plumbeous, scarcely paler on the rnmp. Centres of feathers of 

 head and back darker (concealed). Tibiee plumbeous, vent and crissnm 

 white. A broad patch on throat extending to the jugulum, lores, and space 

 beneath the eye, black; chin and short stripe along the side of lower jaw, 

 with concealed basal edges of the throat feathers, white. Tail feathers with 

 a terminal while patch, largest externally, and diminishing to the central 



