n Genus MIMOCICHLA. 
Mimocichla, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 336 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. v. p. 280 (1881). 
Mimokitta, Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. ix. p. 871 (1865). 
| Mimocitta, Newton, Ibis, 1566, p. 121. 
Tug rounded white-tipped tail at once distinguishes this Antillean genus from the true Thrushes. 
In the ‘Catalogue of Birds” (7. с.), Seebohm made the following remarks on its position ; only three 
species were known to him in 1881 :—“ The genus Mimocichla is a very small one, nearly allied to 
Turdus and Merula, but differing from them in having a much more rounded tail, with the three or 
four outside feathers on each side white at the tips for a considerable distance on the inside web. 
They are also remarkable for the broad pale borders to the secondaries and wing-coverts. The bill 
| is slightly more slender than usual among the Thrushes, and the rictal bristles are small. The 
| bastard-primary is small, and the second primary considerably longer than the secondaries. The legs 
are pale in colour, and the tarsus unscutellated.” 
|| Notwithstanding the significance of the generic name, which, by its proposer, was doubtless 
meant to suggest a Thrush-like bird, and not a Mocking-bird (Mimus), the evidence of all observers 
| tends to show that the species of Mimocichla are true Thrushes in their habits. 
Key to the Species. 
a. Throat black. Е 
| a’. Belly сое p y oru 
| 6”. Belly slaty-grey, like the back. ла 
| a”. Under tail-coverts slaty-grey . | SU еби права 
|| 6”. Under tail-coverts white schistacea. 
l b. Throat ashy-grey like the breast. ° ravida. 
| с. Throat white, streaked with rows of triangular black spots. 
| | с. White of abdomen not extending to lower breast; no buff tinge on abdomen . . . . . ardesiaca. 
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d'. White of abdomen continued to the lower breast; a buff tinge on the abdomen ; white 
|| tips to the tail-feathers larger albiventris. 
| The synonymy of this genus in the ' Catalogue of Birds” is much confused, and I can hardly 
| believe that it was written by Mr. Seebohm himself. (В. В. 6.) 
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