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a. Turdus. 



Minores : subtus plus minusve guttulati : sexus inter se similes. 



1. Turdus mustelinus. 



Turdus mustelinus, Gmel. S. N, i. p. 817; Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. 

 pi. 62 ; Aud. B. Am. iii. pi. 144 ; Bp. Consp. p. 270 ; Baird, Rep. 

 p. 212; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 294; Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, 

 p. 470 ; Ibis, 1859, p. 6. — Turdus melodus, Wils. Am. Orn. i. pi. 2. 



Supra clare cinnamomeo-brunneus , pileo intensiore ; subtus pure al- 

 bus, in lateribus cervicis , pectore et ventre maculis subtriangulari- 

 bus nigricantibus distincte notatus : rostro corneo, basi jiavida : 

 pedibus fiavis. 



Long, tota 7*5, alae 4*1, caudse 2' 75. 



Hab. Eastern United States to the Missouri ; Mexico ; Cordova 

 (Salle*) ; Guatemala ; Cuba, and Jamaica (in winter). 

 Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



I have not seen Turdus densus, Bp. (Compt. Rend, xxviii. p. 2 ; 

 Notes Orn. p. 26), from Tabasco in Mexico, said to be nearly allied 

 to T. mustelinus. The type is in the Museum at Brussels. I doubt 

 its distinctness. 



2. Turdus pallasi. 



Turdus pallasi, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, i. p. 205 ; Mus. Hem. 

 p. 5 ; Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 470 ; Baird, Rep. p. 2] 2.-— Turdus 

 solitarius, Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 95 ; Bp. Consp. p. 270 ; Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1857, p. 212.— Turdus minor, Bp. Obs. Wils. Orn. no. 72. 

 — Turdus guttatus, Cab. in Tsch. Faun. Per. p. 187. 



Supra pallide olivaceo-brunneus, uropygio et cauda rufis : subtus 

 albus, ■pectore ochracescente : gutturis lateribus et pectore nigro 

 triangulariter maculatis : hypochondriis subolivaceis. 



Long, tota 7 '5, alse 3*5, caudse 2*5. 



Hab. Eastern N. America to the Mississippi and southwards to 

 Mexico ; Orizaba (Botteri) ; Cuba (Gundlach). 

 Mus. P.L. S. 



3. Turdus nanus. 



Turdus nanus, Aud. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 201 ; B. Amer. iii. pi. 147 ; 

 Baird, Rep. p. 213. 



Similis Turdo pallasi, sec? minor: subtus purius albus: lateribus 

 magis cinerascentibus nec cinnamomescentibus : colore caudce sa- 

 turation. , 



Long, tota 6*5, alse 3*3, caudse 2*9. 



Hab. Pacific slope of N. America, replacing T. pallasi : California 

 and Oregon. 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



4. Turdus silens. 



Merula silens, Sw. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 369; North. Zool. ii. 

 p. 186 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 300. 



