Xcfv \\'t'i</ JHilian 'riinisli. 



Iir. — Description of a Neiv Species of Thrush from the Island 

 of Grenada, West Indies. 



r.Y (lEORGE X. LAWRENCE. 



Read February 28. 1887. 



Two specimens, male and female, of the bird now described, 

 we]'e received qnite recently from Mr. John G. Wells. He writes 

 about them undei" date of January 21st, as follows : " I send you 

 l)er book post, skins of two birds shot in the Parish of St. An- 

 drew a few days ago. I remember shooting one of these birds 

 eight or nine years since, fi'om a tlock of six, and at the time I 

 thought them to be migratory, but I am now convinced that they 

 are resident, though not numerous. 



-' From time to time a 'Spotted Grieve' has been reported to 

 me as being seen, but I could never obtain a specimen nntil now. 

 1 ho})e the skins Avill reach you safely, and I shall anxiously 

 await your remarks upou them." 



This is a tiue new species, and its having escaped discovery so 

 long is remarkable. It is the fourth new species obtained by 

 Mr. Wells, since he commenced sending me birds for identifi- 

 cation. 



The two sexes are ]n-ecisely alike in colors and dimensions, and 

 as the female is in much the best condition, 1 have chosen that 

 as I he 'I'yjir. 



jVIarg^arop!>i albiveiitrifx. 



"Thrush? Sp. ? 



The Park, St. Andrews, Grenada, Jan. 19, 1887." 



Female. — Entire upper plumage of a dark hair-brown, with a dull reddish 

 cast on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail-feathers blackish-brown, with 

 a patch of white on their inner webs at the end ; quills blackish-brown, the 

 outer webs of the secondaries washed with light dull rufous ; the ends of 

 the tertials are edged with white ; the- inner margins of the quills are of a 

 pale salmon color ; the greater wing-coverts are margined with pale rufous- 



