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gin of ear-coverts. Adult female similar, but duller in general color, 
with the black line bordering ear-coverts indistinct or obsolete; 
length about 4.20, wing 1.55, tail 1.90-2.00. Hab. Cuba. 
P. lembeyi GunpL. Cuban Gnatcatcher.! 
Famity TURDIDAZ.—Tue Turusues, Soxitarres, STONECHATS, 
BLUEBIRDS, ETC. (Page 323.) 
Genera. 
a’, Gonys not more than one-third as long as commissure, the bill short and 
rather depressed. (Subfamily Myadestine.—The Solitaires.) 
Myadestes. (Page 572.) 
a, Gonys more than one-third as long as commissure, the bill more slender and 
compressed. (Subfamily Turdine.—The Thrushes.) 
b'. Wing less than five times as long as tarsus; wings and tail without any blue. 
ce. First quill not reaching beyond tips of primary coverts; tail without 
clear rufous at base. 
d@. Tail without white at base. 
é. Tarsus decidedly longer than middle toe, with claw; nasal 
fosse partly naked, the nostrils wholly exposed. 
f’. Tail less than three times as long as tarsus; lower parts 
more or less spotted in adult... Turdus. (Page 573.) 
f®. Tail more than three times as long as tarsus, the lower 
parts plain (throat streaked) in adult. 
Merula. (Page 577.) 
é. Tarsus not longer than middle toe, with claw; nasal fosse en- 
tirely filled with feathers, partly concealing the nostrils. 
Hesperocichla. (Page 578.) 
@, Tail with basal portion white; plumage entirely without spots in 
AAU tes cciserenesscesssrabbeesssncsaronaaseseosees Saxicola. (Page 579.) 
ce. First quill reaching beyond tips of primary coverts. 
d@'. Feathers on top of head rather short, not forming an obvious 
crest when erected; outer web of outer tail-feather widening to- 
ward end; tail bicolored, the basal portion (except on middle 
feathers) abruptly clear rufous; sexes very different in color, 
the adult male with blue throat...... Cyanecula. (Page 579.) 
d. Feathers on top of head lengthened, forming a decided bushy crest 
when erected; outer web of outer tail-feather not widened 
toward end; sexes alike, and throat never blue........ Catharus.? 
b. Wing more than five times as long as tarsus. 
1 Polioptila lembeyt GuNDL., Journ. fiir Orn. 1861, 32. 
3 Catharus Bonap., Consp. i. 1850, 278. Type, C. immaculatus Be.,—= Turdus aurantiirostris Hartt. 
(Represented by four species in Mexico and Guatemala, and others farther southward.) 
