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a. Turdus. 

 Minores : subtus plus minusve guttulati : sexus inter se similes. 



1. Turdus mustelinus. 



Turdus mustelinus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 817; Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. 

 pi. 62 ; Aud. B. Am. iii. pi. 144 ; Bp. Consp. p. 270 ; Baird, Rep. 

 p. 212; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 294; Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 

 p. 470 ; Ibis, 1859, p. 6. — Turdus melodus, Wils. Am. Orn. i. pi. 2, 



Supra dare cinnamomeo-h'unneus , pileo intensiore ; subtus pure al- 

 bus, in lateribus cervicis,pectore et ventre maculis subtriangulari- 

 bus nigricantibus distincte notatus : rostro corneo, basi Jiavida : 

 pedibus flavis. 

 Long, tota 7'5, alse 4'1, caudse 2' 75. 



Hub. Eastern United States to the Missouri ; Mexico ; Cordova 

 (Sall^) ; Guatemala ; Cuba, and Jamaica (in winter). 

 Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



I have not seen Turdus densus, Bp. (Compt. Rend, xxviii. p. 2 ; 

 Notes Orn. p. 26), from Tabasco in Mexico, said to be nearly allied 

 to T. mustelinus. The type is in the Museum at Brussels. I doubt 

 its distinctness. 



2. TtTRDUS PALLASI. 



Turdus pallasi. Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, i. p. 205 ; Mus. Hein. 

 p. 5; Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 470; Baird, Rep. p. 212. — Turdus 

 solitarius, Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 95 ; Bp. Consp. p. 270 ; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1857, p. 212. — Turdus minor, Bp. Obs. Wils. Orn. no. 72. 

 — Turdus guttatus. Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 187. 



Supra pallide olivaceo-brunneus, urojji/gio et cauda rufis : subtus 

 albus, pectore ochracescente : giitturis lateribus et pectore nigro 

 triangulariter maculatis : hypochondriis subolivaceis. 



Long, tota 7*5, alee 3*5, caudse 2*5. 



Hab. Eastern N. America to the Mississippi and southwards to 

 Mexico ; Orizaba (Botteri) ; Cuba {Gundlach), 



Mus. P.L.S. 



3. Turdus nanus. 



Turdus nanus, Aud. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 201 ; B. Amer. iii, pi. 147 ; 

 Baird, Rep. p. 213. 



Similis Turdo pallasi, sed minor: subtus purius albus: lateribus 

 magis cinerascentibus nee cinnamomescentibiis : colore caudce sa- 

 turatiore. 



Long, tota 6 '.5, alse 3 '3, caudse 2 "9. 



Hab. Pacific slope of N. America^ replacing T. pallasi : California 

 and Oregon. 



Mus. P. L. S. 



4. Turdus silens. 



Merula silens, Sw. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 369; North. Zool. ii. 

 p. 186 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 300. 



