FAMILY 



TURD I DAL. 



Subfamily, TURDINyE. 



Genus: TURDUS. Linn. 

 TURDUS: LINN,, SYST. NAT., I. p. 291 (1766). 



TURDUS ALICI/E. Baird. 



Tardus alicia>. Baird, Cass, and Lawr., Bds. N. Amer., p. 217, 

 pi. 81 (1858). — Sclater, P. Z. S., 1859, p. 326. — Baird, Review, 

 I. p. 21 (1864).— Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. 

 p. 11 (1874). — Tacz., Bull. Soc. Zobl. France, 1876, p. 148. — 

 Salv. and Godm., Biol. Centr. Amer. Zool. Aves, I. p. 12 (1879). 

 — Seebohm, Cat. Bds. Brit. *Mus., V. p. 202. 



Ttirdus swainsoni var. alicice. Coues, Key N. A. Bds., p. 73 

 (1872). 



Turdus swainsoni b. alicics. Coues, Bds. Colorado Vail., p. 35 

 (1878). 



Sp. Char. — Above, dull olive; sides of the head, ash gray; 

 underparts, including chin and throat, white, the latter showing a 

 faint tawny tinge ; the breast and sides of the throat showing arrow- 

 shaped markings of plumbeous brown; sides of the body and auxiliaries, 

 olivaceous gray ; legs and bill, brownish. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 6.60; wing 3.75; tail 2.70; tarsus 1.10; bill .50. 



