370 



5". 



Shorter than the head, 

 slemler,a little higher than 

 broad opposite the nostril ; 

 tiie upper mandible curved 

 gently from the base, more 

 abruptly toward the tip, 

 the sides slightly but sud- 

 denly compfessed anterior 

 to tlie nostrils, and dis- 

 tinctly notched near the 

 tip; under mandible, with 

 the gonys, straight, and as 

 long as the bare portion of 

 the rami; the angles scarce- 

 ly seen ; rictal bristles more 

 than half the length of cul- 

 men. 



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Rounded ; first Longer than Longer than the middle 

 primary a littlelwirg, as 9 to 8. toe aiid claw, as 3U to So; 

 more than half Considerably five distinct divisions on 

 the length of sec- graduated ; the its anterior face; out( r toe 

 ond, and round- central feathers and claw about equal to 

 ed at the tip; to the outer as 07 inner toe and claw, 

 fourth and hfth to 51). 

 equal and long- 

 est; third scarce- 

 ly shorter ; sec- 

 ond shorter than 

 eighth. 



Nearly as in Mimus; a 

 little straighter, and less 

 distinctly notched. 



Rounded rath- 

 er more than in 

 Mimus. First 

 quill one-half of 

 second, and 



rounded at tip ; 

 fouith and fifth 

 equal and long- 

 est ; third rela- 

 tively shorter 

 than in Mimus; 

 second shorter 

 than ninth. 



Longer than 

 wing, as 16 to 15. 

 Central feathers 

 to outer as 63 to 



Scarcely longer than 

 middle toe and claw, as 33 

 to 32 ; five divisions on its 

 anterior face, less distinct 

 than in Mimus; outer toe 

 and claw distinctly longer 

 than inner toe and claw. 



[ I I Longer than middle toe 



As long as the head Rather point- Shorter than, and claw, as 4" to 43. with 



stout, a little broader thaiijCd. First quill a wing, as 75 to 79; only two (iiint transverse 



high opposite the nostril ;; little more than central featheis divisions on its anterior 



scarcely if at all compress 

 ed laterally anterior to Ihe 

 nostril, and strongly notch- 

 ed; culmen gently curved 

 from the base, and less 

 suddenly toward the tip 

 than in Mimus ; gonys 

 slightly ascending, longer 

 than the bare part of ra- 

 mus, and with the angle 

 scarcely seen; rictal bris- 

 tles strong, one-half the 

 length of culmen. 



one-third of sec- to outer as 7U to face; outer toe and claw 



ond, with the 

 tip acuminate ; 

 fourth and fifth 

 equal and long- 

 est ; third slight- 

 ly shorter, and 

 longer than 



sixth ; second 

 longer than sev- 

 enth. 



decidedly longer than in- 

 ner toe and claw. 





As long as head, strong ; 

 a little higher than broad 

 at the nostrils; somewhat 

 cultrate, scarcely if at all 

 compressed laterally ante- 

 rior to the nostrils, and 

 very indistinctly notched; 

 culmen nearly straight for 

 one-half of its length, then 

 gently curved to the tip; 

 gonys ascending, shorter 

 than the bare portion of, 

 rami; rictal bristles one- 

 fourth the length of cul- 

 men. 



Somewhat 

 pointed. First 

 quill one-third of 

 second, rounded 

 at tip; fouiSffiand 

 fifth equal and 

 longest : third 

 anrl sixth equal 

 and slightly 



shorter ; second 

 longer than 



eighth. 



Shorter than 

 wing, as 69 to 72 ; 

 central feathers 

 to outer as 69 to 

 6ll. 



Considerably larger than 

 middle toe and claw, as 47 

 to 3H ; two very indistinct 

 divisions on its anterior 

 face; outer toe and claw 

 decidedly longer than in- 

 ner toe and claw. Claws 

 shorter and straighter than 

 in Mimocichla. 



It, will be seen by the above table, that Mimus and Galeoscoptes 

 agree in the rounded wings, slender bill, and distinct division of the 



» Sclater, in his monograph of the American thrushes, in the Proceedings of Ihe Ztiological 

 Socielii for L859, p. 323, proposed this os a sub-genus of Galeoscoptes, but gave no characters. The 

 name is a very appropriate one; the type certainly resembling a thrush, at least as much as a mock, 

 ing bird. 



t From Mimos and Kitta. 



