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35. TURDUS INFUSCATUS. 



Merula infuscata, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 41 .—Turdus infus- 

 catus, Sclater et Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 6 ; Bp. Consp. p. '275. 



Obscure niger : rostro et pedibus flams. $ brunnescenti-olivacea, 

 subtus dilutior, gutture striato ; tectricibus subalaribus rufis : 

 rostro fusceo : pedibus flavis. 

 Long, tota 9*5, alee 5*0, caudee 3*75. 



Hab. Southern Mexico and Guatemala ; Jalapa (de Oca) ; Oaxaca 

 (Boucard) . 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



This Blackbird seems truly different from the preceding, as I 

 judge from the examination of several specimens. It is not of so 

 deep a black ; the bill is much shorter (0*9 inch from the gape 

 instead of 1*3) ; the wings are longer and more pointed, and the 

 tarsi are shorter. 



36. Turdus xanthosceles. 



Turdus xanthosceles, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1847, p. 14, pi. 1, et 

 Ann. N. H. xx. p. 329 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. p. 275. 



Niger : rostro et pedibus flavis. $ fusco-olivacea. 



Long, tota 8*0, alee 4*3, caudee 3*5. 



Hab. Tobago {Kirk). 



Mus. Gul. Jardine, Bart., et P. L. S. 



37. Turdus flavipes. 



Turdus flavipes, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xx. 277 ; Enc. Meth. p. 670 ; 

 Spix, Av. Bras. i. pi. 67. f. 2, p. 69. — Turdus carbonarius, Licht. 

 Doubl. p. 37; Max. Beitr. iii. p. 643 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. hi. p. 125. 

 Niger : dorso toto et ventre imo et later ali schistaceis : rostro et 

 pedibus flavis. $ olivaceo-brunnea, subtus dilutior, rostro et 

 pedibus fuscis. 

 Long, tota 9'0, alee 4*5, caudee 3*5. 

 Hab. S. E. Brazil. 

 Mus. Brit., P. L. S. 



38. Turdus rufitorques. 



Turdus rufitorques, Hartl. R. Z. 1844, p. 214 ; DuBus,Esq. Orn. 

 pi. 19 & 20 : Bp. Consp. p. 275 ; Sclat. et Salv. Ibis, 1849, p. 6. 

 Nigro-fuliginosus, mento albo ; cervice undique et pectore rufo- 

 cinnamomeis : rostro flavo. $ fusco-brunnea, gula striata, 

 pectore et collo postico rufo tinctis. 

 Long, tota 9'5, alee 5*0, caudee 4*0. 

 Hab. Guatemala {Salvin). 

 Mus. Derbiano, Brit., P. L. S. 



39. Turdus pinicola, sp. nov. 



Fusco-niger, capitis et dorsi plumarum scapis brunneis : alarum 

 tectricibus majoribus fumido-albo extus late limbatis : prima- 



