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XVI. — Descriptions of Supposed New Species of Birds from 

 the Islands of Grenada and Dominica, West Indies. 



BY GEORGK N. LAWRENCE. 

 Read June 3d, 1878. 



In a letter received from Mr. Ober, dated St. George's, 

 Grenada, April 5th, 1878, lie writes: "I have nearly coni~ 

 pleted Grenada; alas! Grenada has but. little to complete. 

 I send to the Smithsonian by the English ship ' Hermione,' a 

 small box of birds, the result of my work here. I hope to 

 get a few more in another part of the island, but take this 

 chance to send them off.'' 



The box was sent me from the Smithsonian, on its arrival, 

 and contained 66 specimens, comprising 28 species; three of 

 these I consider to be undescribed. 



1 . Turdus CaribbcBUs- 



Male. Upper plumage dark-olive, with the forehead dull reddish-brown; 

 tail dark brownish olive; quills dark brown; lower part of throat, upper 

 part of breast, and sides, clear ash ; lower part of breast, middle of abdomen , 

 and under tail-coverts white ; upper part of throat white, with distinct narrow 

 stripes of ashy-brown; the under wing-coverts are pale cinnamon; upper 

 mandible blackish for two-thirds its length, the end yellow ; the under is yel- 

 low, with the base black ; tarsi and toes brown; " iris red, naked skin around 

 the eye orange." 



Length (fresh), 9 1-4 inches; wing, 5; tail, 4 1-2; tarsus, 1 3-16. 



There are two specimens in the collection, both males ; the length given of 

 the other is 9 1-2 inches, the tarsi are blackish-brown. 



Habitat, Grenada. Mr. Ober says; "rather numerous, but 

 shy." 



Type in National Museum, "Washington. 



Remarks. This species has a naked space around the eye, 

 similar to that of T. gymnopthalmus\ but it is pf larger d;- 



