MIMOCICHLA ARDESIACA, Ре. 
SAN DOMINGO GREY THRUSH. 
Merle cendré d' Amérique, D'Aubent. РІ. Enl. iv. pl. 560. fig. 1. 
Le Tilly ou La Grive cendrée d Amérique, Montb. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 314 (1775). 
Turdus plumbeus (nec Linn.), Vieill. Ois. Amér. Sept. ii. p. 2, pl. 58 (1807). 
Turdus ardosiaceus, Vieill. Enc. Méth. p. 616 (1823); Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xi. 
p. 92 (1866). 
Mimus plumbeus (nec Linn.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 276 (1850). 
Galeoscoptes plumbeus (пес Linn.), Sallé, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 231; Scl. P. 7. S. 1859, p. 337. 
Mimocichla ardosiaca, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 89 (1864); Gundl. Ј. Ғ. O. 1878, p. 155. 
Turdus ardosiaceus, var. portoricensis, Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xi. p. 93 (1866). 
Mimocichla ardesiaca, Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 2 (1878); Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. vi. p. 282 (1881); Cory, Birds Haiti & San Domingo, p. 18 (1885) ; id. B. West Ind. 
p. 21 (1889); id. Cat. West-Indian B. p. 122 (1892). 
THE present species inhabits Haiti and San Domingo, as well as the neighbouring island of Porto 
Rico. Dr. Bryant was inclined to consider the species from the last-named island distinct, but 
Mr. Cory does not recognize two forms, nor can I see any specific differences. 
Mr. Cory has given the following note on this Thrush in his work on the ‘ Birds of Haiti and 
San Domingo ’:—“ The present Thrush is found wherever there are large trees in all parts of the 
island. It was very abundant in the vicinity of Fort Jacques, at an altitude of 2500 feet above 
the sea-level. On the coast it prefers the thickest and most secluded localities ; but high up in the 
mountains we often observed.it flying about in the open. Its note somewhat resembles that of 
the Robin (Turdus migratorius). The breeding-season is in December and January. А nest taken 
near Puerto Plata, Jan. 9, contained two eggs, in which incubation had already commenced. Тһе 
nest was built about three feet from the ground, in the crotch of a small tree, surrounded by a dense 
growth of underbush. Тһе eggs are dull bluish white, heavily blotched with brown, and measure 
1395 x 835. The food consists mainly of insects and berries.” 
Adult male. Above light slaty-grey, with more or less concealed black shaft-lines to the feathers, 
broader and forming distinct black centres to the plumes of the crown; wing-coverts and quills 
black, with broad outer margins of slaty-grey, a little paler than the back ; tail-feathers black, all 
but the centre ones with a white tip, which extends over both webs and increases in size towards 
the outermost; sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts blackish slate-colour, the lores and feathers 
below the eye black; at the base of the cheeks a small white spot; throat white, with triangular 
spots of black, which form a strongly marked malar line, and impart a streaked appearance to the 
whole throat; remainder of under surface of body light pearly slate-colour, with a faint tinge of 
lavender-grey near the sides of the abdomen, which, with the under tail-coverts, is pure white ; 
thighs, ахШатіев, and under wing-coverts slaty-grey : * bill, eyelids, and feet vermilion-orange ; iris 
reddish brown ” (C. B. Cory). Total length 10:0 inches, culmen 1:0, wing 5:2, tail 4:2, tarsus 1:5. 
Adult female. Similar to the male. ‘Total length 9-4 inches, wing 4:9. 
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