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value [Hylocichla), as suggested by Prof. Baird. (Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, page 4.) 



II. Tlie MiMiifJE, or Mocking Thrushes, have the 

 tarsus soutellate (sometimes booted in Galeoscoptes), the 

 first primary scarcely spurious; the rictal bristles better 

 developed, and the tail relatively longer, in our species 

 longer than the wings. These birds have a brilliant and 

 varied song, but all of them are plainly clad. All are 

 American. 



III. Myiadbstin^, the Fly-Catching Thrushes, have 

 been usually associated with the Ampelidce, but their 

 affinities are rather with the thrushes, as Prof. Baird has 

 shown. All are American, — the single species within 

 our limits is a rare straggler from the West. 



* Tarsus hooted; wings longer than tail. (Tdkdin^.) 

 f Breast spotted; length 8J, or less. . . Htlocichla, 1. 

 ft Breast unspotted ; ( in ours) reddish or banded witk black ; 

 length 91, or more. ... . Tukdus, 2. 



** Tarsus soutellate in front (scutella rarely obsolete) ; wings (in 



ours) shorter than tail. (Miming.) 



I Bill about as long as head, sometimes much longer, sti-aight 



or curved, not notched. . . ' HARPOKHYiq^cHus, 3. 



ti Bill much shorter than head, notched at tip. 



a. Tarsus distinctly scutellate; oius ashy, with black and 



white . MiMUS, 4. 



aa. Tarsus feebly scutellate ; plumage lead-colored ; crissum 



chestnut-red Galeoscoptes, 5. 



*** Tarsus booted ; wings about equal to tail ; bill short, much 

 depressed, notched and hooked ; color ashy. (MYiADESTiNiB.) 



Myiadbstes, 6. 

 7. HYLOCICHLA, Baird. Wood Theitshes, 

 < Twdus, Linn. 

 1. H. mustelina, (Gm.) Bd. Wood Theush. Cinnamon 

 bro^vn, brightest on the head, shading into olive on the 



