343 



migibus cinereo stride limbatis : cauda nigricante, rectricum 



apicibus latis albis. 

 Long, tota 9*5, alse 4*4, caudse 5*0. 



Hab. New Granada; Venezuela; Trinidad; Tobago (^m*^). 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. A Mimo giho, crassitie inferiore, rostro paulo longiore et 

 rectricum apicibus albis minus latis vix distinguendus. 



10. MiMUS GRACILIS. 



Mimus gracilis, Cab. Mus. Hein. p. 83 ; Sclater et Salv. Ibis, 

 1859, p. 5. 



Cano-cinereus ; subtus albus, alis et cauda nigerrimis : tectricum 

 apicibus angustis albis; remigibus strictissime cinereo margi- 

 natis ; rectricum apicibus latioribus et unce utrinque extimcB 

 pogonio interiore a basi albis. 



Long, tota 9*3, alse 4'2, caudse 5*0. 



Hab. Guatemala and Honduras (Salvin). 



Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. Alis et cauda coracino-nigris primo visu distinetus. 



b. Supra nigro variegatcB. 



11. MiMXJS MODULATOR. 



Mimus modulator, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 6. 



Supra cinerascenti-brunneus nigro fiammulatus, uropygio rufes- 

 cente : superciliis latis et longis albis : alis nigj'icantibus, 

 albo et rufescenti-griseo extus marginatis : cauda nigra, rec- 

 tricum lateralium tertia parte apicali alba: subtus albus, ventre 

 et lateribus rufescente perfusis. 



Long, tota 11*0, alae 4*5, caudse 5*0, rostri a rictu 1*1. 



Hab. Southern Brazil, Rio Grande {Plant) ; Maldonado (Barw.). 



Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



Obs. Species crassitie majore et rostro brevi insignis, et facile 

 distinguenda. 



12. Mimus calandria. 



Calandria, Azara, no. 223. — Orpheus calandria, Lafr. et d'Orb. 

 Syn. Av. i. p. 17; d'Orb. Voy. p. 206. pi. 10. f. 2. — Mimus orpheus, 

 Darwin, Zool. Beagle, p. 60 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 126 ? 



Supra fusco-fuliginosus, plumis in disco obscurioribus, alarum tec- 

 tricum et secundariorum apicibus sordide albescentibus ; pri- 

 mariis angustissime albo marginatis : flexura alba : superciliis 

 latis et corpore subtus sordide albescentibus : cauda fusco- nigra, 

 rectricibus quatuor extimis late albo terminatis (d'Orb.). 

 Hab. Paraguay ; La Plata, near Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres 

 {d:Orb.). 



Obs. Minor quam M. thenca (teste d'Orbigny), itaque cum Mimo 

 modulatore, Gouldii, majore minime confundendus! 



Burmeister and other writers unite this species to M. modulator, 

 which is certainly wrong. I have a Bolivian bird (agreeing with two 

 specimens in the British Museum from the same country, collected 



