426 Ant. Reichenow und Her man Schalow: 



stellen, dass dieses nicht der D. flavidus (Strickl.) ist, sondern 

 eine augenscheinlicli neue Art, unterschieden durch ihr weissliches 

 Augenlid und durch die schmutzig olivengelben und dunkel asch- 

 farbenen Ohrdecken. Ich schlage hiermit vor, diese Species Eupri- 

 nodes ßavocincta zu nennen. Weder diese Art, noch j^". flavidus, 

 gehört zu den typischen Dryodromas, wie in Bezug auf E. flavidus 

 der verstorbene Sundevall richtig gezeigt hat (Av. Meth. Tent. 

 p. 7 s. n. CUorodyta flavida). Doch kann ich seine Gattung Chloro- 

 dyta nicht von Euprinodes trennen. Zu letzterem Genus gehören 

 natürlich, ausser den 3 westafrikanischen Arten, auch E. flavidus 

 (Strickl.) und E. flavocincta nob. 



413. Methriopterus curvirostris occidentalis^ 



R. Ridgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. Vol. 5. 1882. June 5. 

 1882. p._9. 



Similar to M. curvirostris Sws. , but tail much longer, colors 

 darker and browner, spots of lower parts better defined and regularly 

 cuueate or deltoid on the breast, the posterior lower parts suflf'used 

 with much deeper fulvous and the tail spots pale isabella-color 

 or brownish white, instead of pure white. 



Wing 4,45— 4,70; tail 5— 5,20; culmen 1,12-1,30; tarsus 1,40; 

 middle toe 1—1,10. 



Hab.: Coast region of western Mexico. 



414. Mimodes n. g. 



R. Ridgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. 1882. June 5. p. 45. 



Somewhat like Mimus, but with the bill decidedly stouter, 

 the wing much more rouuded, and the colors much more uniform, 

 Tail much longer, than the wing, rounded, but with the four 

 middle rectrices of equal length. Fourth, fifth, and sixth quills 

 longest, the third about equal to the seventh; second not longer 

 than the tenth. Depth of the bill through the base decidedly more 

 than half the length of the gonys, or of the maxilla from the 

 nostril to the tip; gonys less than half the total length of the 

 mandible. Colors piain brown, paler below, without distinct white 

 markings on wings or tail. 



Type: Harporhynchus Graysoni Baird. 

 J|r415, Mimus elegans. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. 6. Passeriformes. 1881. 

 p. 339. 



Mimus i^olyglottus (var. hahamensis ?) Bryant. Bost. Journ. U. 

 Hist. 11. p. 68. 



M. dominicus Gray, H. list. 1. p. 262. 



M. Orpheus var. dominicus Cory, B. Bahama. Isl. p. 48. 



Near to M. polyglottus. Outer tail feathers entirely white, 

 penultimate tail feather white, blackish along the outer web; white 

 at base of primaries almost imperceptible, the feathers almost 

 entirely dark brown. 



Lg. tot. 8,5; culm. 0,8; wing 3,95; tail 4; tars. 1,15 inches. 



Hab.: Bahama Islands. 



