PASSERES 
MERUL1D/E 
CINCLUS. 
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M. silens. (Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 186.) Greyish olive; beneath whitish; throat and 
breast marked with dusky spots; tail and upper coverts tinged with rufous; edges of the quills 
pale: 2d and 6th subequal. Length, 7 inches. Mexico , Texas. 
M. neevia. (Id. pi. 38.) Blackish grey; beneath reddish orange, except an imperfect blackish belt 
over the breast. Wings with two reddish orange bands; outer webs of quills edged with the same. 
Length, 10 inches. Columbia river. 
M. nana. (Aud. B. of A. pi. 419.) Resembles solitaria in its colors, tut inferior in size. Length, 
six inches. Columbia river. 
Genus Cinclus, Bechstein. Bill rather slender, slightly bent upwards, compressed at the sides; upper 
mandible notched at the tip, and encompassing the lower one. Nostrils basal, linear, and 
partly closed by a membrane. Legs strong. Tarsus with a long undivided plate and four 
lower scutellas, not as long as the middle toe and claw ; the outer toe attached to the middle as 
far as the second joint. Wings short; the first, second and third quills gradually longer. 
Tail short, even. 
C. americanus. (Bonaf. Am. Orn, Vol. 2, p. 173, pi. 16.) Dark cinereous. Head, neck and breast 
chocolate-brown. Length, 7 inches. Oregon, Rocky mountains. 
