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spotted neck and breast ; these parts in C. melpomene being imma- 

 culate. 



/3. Malacocichla. 



4. Catharus dryas. 



Malacocichla dryas, Gould, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 285, pi. 75 ; Ibis, 

 1859, p. 7. 



Supra saturate olivaceus, pileo et capitis lateribus nigerrimis ; suhtns 



pallide ochraceus, pectore olivaceo variegato : rostro et pedibus 



flavis. 

 Long, tota 7'0, alse 3-75, caudse 2*8. 

 Hab. Guatemala (Skinner). 

 Mus. Brit. 



5. Catharus maculatus. 



Malacocichla maculata, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 64. 



Supra nigricanti-schistaceus, pileo et capitis lateribus nigerrimis : 

 subtus ochracescenti-albidus, lateraliter schistaceus : gula, pectore 

 et ventris lateribus nigra maculatis : rostro et pedibus flavis . 



Long, tota 7'0, alse 3'6, caudse 2*8. 



Hab. Ecuador, banks of the Napo. 



Mus. Brit. 



6. Catharus mexicanus. 



Malacocichla mexicana, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 998, et Orn. 

 Foss. p. 35. 



Cinereo-olivaceus, subtus albido-fuscescens ; abdomine medio albo ; 

 pileo nigro : rostro flavo-aurantiaco, pedibus flavo-corneis. 



Long, tota 6'0, alse 3*5, caudse 2'4. 



Hab. Southern Mexico, near Jalapa {Salle) ; Guatemala, prov. 

 Vera- Paz (Delattre). 



Mus. Derbiano, P. L. S. 



7. Catharus fuscater. 



Myioturdus fuscater, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 341. — Catharus 

 fuscater, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 136. 



Schistacescenti-niger ; subtus cinerascentior, abdomine medio albo, 



gutture fuscescente : rostro aurantiaco, pedibus fiavo-corneis. 

 Long, tota 6*5, alse 3 •.5, caudse 3*0. 



Hab. Interior of New Granada ; Ecuador, near Pallatanga 

 (Fraser) . 

 Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



Genus II. Turdus. 



Turdus, Linn. S. N. (1766). 



Merula, Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. (1816). 



Planesticus, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, p. 118. 



