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however, with the Miminse, or perhaps the Troglodytidse, that ModinocicMa has the 

 closest relationship, the short rounded wings, comparatively strong feet, with tarso- 

 metatarsus covered in front with several scales, as well as its strong curved beak and 

 rounded tail being all Mimine rather than Turdine characteristics. The young, too, in 

 its first plumage has a mottled under surface, the back being plain-coloured. In its 

 powers of song it resembles both sections ; but in coloration Mhodinocichla is quite 

 peculiar. As regards the wings, the first primary is large enough to take its full 

 function as part of the wing, a very important point considering the high value that 

 has been placed upon this character. On the whole, then, though we are at present 

 disposed to place this curious form with the Miminse, we should not be surprised to find 

 that its affinities are really elsewhere. This point cannot be settled until more material 

 than the mere skin is examined, upon which alone opinions have at present been formed. 

 Mhodinocichla being a monotypic genus, its geographical range is coincident with 

 that of the single species contained in it. 



1. Rhodlnocichla rosea. 



Furnarius roseus, Less. 111. Zool. t. 5 '. 



Rhodinocichla rosea, Hartl. J. f. Om. 1853, p. 33'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 141', 1856, p. 140'; 

 Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 293°, ix. p. 92"; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 267'; Baird, 

 Rev. Am. B. p. 91"; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 345"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 133 ^ 

 1870, p. 180"; Finseh, Nat. Ver. z. Bremen, 1870, p. 329''; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, 

 p. 291 ". 



Turdus mlpinus, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1849, p. 276"; P. Z. S. 1850, p. 276". 



Cichlalopia vulpina, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 6", et Orn. Not. p. 29". 



cJ fusco-niger, fronte, superciliis anticis, gutture, abdomine medio, crisso et campterio alari rosaceo-rubris, 



superciliis posticis albis ; hypochondriis fusois ; rostro paUide comeo, maxillEe basi et pedibus corylinis. 



Long, tota 8-0, alse 3-4, caudse 3-6, rostri a rictu 1-1, tarsi 1-0. 

 $ paulo minor et brunnescentior, ooloribus maris rosaceo-rubris saturate fulvis ; abdomine imo albicante. 



Long, tota 7'5, alse 3*1, caudse 3-5, rostri a rictu l-O, tarsi 1"0. (Descr. maris et fern, ex Lion Hill, Panama. 



Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Mexico, Mazatlan and Sierra Madre {Orayson'^); Guatemala'? (Mus. Derb.^) ; 

 Costa Eica (fide S. F. JBaird^, v. Frantzius ^^) ; Panama, David {JBridges% Volcan 

 de Chiriqui, Mina de Chorcha, Chitra, Calovevora, and Santa Pe {Arce ^^ ^^), Lion 

 Hill {M'Leannan^^). — Venezuela ^^; Colombia^. 



Lesson, who first described and figured this species i, gave as its habitat " San Juan," 

 Brazil ; but recent researches render it doubtful if the species is found outside the 

 limits of Venezuela and Colombia and the parts of Central America indicated above. 

 The bird described by Lesson was a male, from which the female difiers so widely in 

 colour that it is hardly surprising that Dr. Hartlaub redescribed a specimen of the 

 latter sex under the name of Turdus vulpinus — the widely different views as to the 



