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A, Htlocichla, 

 a. Major, capite Icete cinnamomeo, pedore et hypochmdriis permaculatis. 



1. Turdus mustelinus. 



Tawny Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 28'; Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 19'. 



Turdus mustelinus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 817'; Scl. P.Z. S. 1856, p. 294', 1859, p. 362'; Moore, 

 P.Z.S. 1859, p. 55°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 6"; Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 13"; Sumi- 

 ckrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 543'; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 11"; Baird, 

 Brew. & Ridgw. N. Am. B. i. p. 7"; Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. 57''; Coues, B. N.W. p. 2". 



Turdus {Hylocichla) mustelinus, Coues, B. Col. Vail. p. 28 ". 



Turdus densus, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 2, et Notes Orn. p. 26''. 



Supra praecipue in pileo cinnamomeus, dorso postico efc cauda olivaceo tincfcis ; subtus albus, pectore et hypo- 

 ehondriis distinete nigro maoulatis ; auricularibus et capitis lateribus nigro et rufesoente albido notatis ; 

 loris albis ; rostro corylino, mandibulse basi et pedibus flavis. Long, tota 7*5, alae 4-3, caudse 2-9, rostri 

 a rictu 1-0, tarsi 1-25. (Descr. exempl. ex Cboctum, Vera Paz. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. North Ameeica, east of the' Missouri plains ". — Mexico, Cordova {Salle% 

 Jalapa {de Oca ^), Orizaba (Sumichrast ^), Tehuantepec city {Swmichrast i°), Tierra 

 Caliente of the Atlantic {le Strange), Tabasco i^ ; Guatemala 7, Choctum, Coban, 

 Tactic, Godines {0. S. & F. B. G.) ; Hondueas, Omoa [Ley land '^y—Cwba. 12. 



This well-known species was described by Latham 1 and Pennant ^ towards the end 

 of last century ; and upon their descriptions Gmelin ^ bestowed the name Turdus 

 mustelinus. It is a common species throughout the United States, between the 

 Mississippi river and the Atlantic, and breeds as far north as Massachusetts ^i. In 

 winter it rarely visits Cuba ^2, but is common in the eastern parts of Mexico and Central 

 America, as far south as Omoa on the north coast of Honduras ^- In Guatemala the 

 most western point we have met with it is Godines, a small village 7000 feet above the 

 sea, situated in the mountains at the eastern end of the upland lake of Atitlan ; here 

 it was observed in February 1874. In the neighbourhood of Coban, in Vera Paz, it is, 

 during the winter months, a very common bird ; and it may be found in the second- 

 growth woods, especially wherever a mountain-stream runs. It utters no song during 

 its stay in Guatemala ; but during the summer Turdus mustelinus is remarkable for its 

 song, to the sweetness of which all writers on North- American birds bear testimony 11. 



As Prof. Baird remarks^, this Thrush is subject to very slight variation in its 

 markings, but some specimens have the spots on the breast rather larger and more 

 thickly spread than others. This difference is shown in our series from Guatemala, 

 and sufficiently proves that there is no ground for supposing T. densus, Bonap., founded 

 on a specimen from Tabasco, to be a valid species ^^. 



BIOL. CENTE.-AMBR., Zool., Aves, Vol. 1, Sept. 1879. 



