346 C. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY GENERAL EEPORT. 
MIMUS CAROLINENSIS, Gray. 
Cat Bird. 
Muscicapa carolinensis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 328. 
Tardus carolinensis, Licht. Verz. 1823, 38. — D'Orbigny, in Da La Sagra'sCuba, 51. 
Orpheus carolinensis, Aud. Syn. 1839, 88.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 195 j pi. 140. 
Mimus carolinensis, Gray, Genera, 1844-'49. 
Galeoscoptes carolinensis, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 82. 
Felivox carolinensis, Bonap. Comptes Rendus, XXVIII, 1853 : Notes Orn. Delattre, 39. Type. 
Tardus felivox, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 10; pi. lxvii.— Bon. Obs. Wilson, 1825, J. A. N. S. IV, 30.— 
Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1831, 171 : V, 1839, 440 ; pi. 128. 
Orpheus felivox, Swainson, P. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 192. 
Mimus felivox, Bon. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 276. 
Tardus lividus, Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 90 ; pi. xiv, f. 3. (Not of Lichtenstei n.) 
? Spodesilaura, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. 1850 ; pi. liii. (According to Gray the figure belongs to the present species, 
which, however, lacks the notch of bill shown in the plate. According to Bonaparte, Pyrrocheira, 
Reich, pi. liii, represents carolinensis, which seems more probable.) 
Sp. Ch. — Third quill longest; first shorter than sixth. Prevailing color dark plumbeous, more ashy beneath. Crown and 
nape dark sooty brown. Wings dark brown, edged with plumbeous. Tail greenish black ; the lateral feathers obscurely tipped 
with plumbeous. The under tail coverts dark brownish chesnut. Female smaller. Length, 8.85 ; wing, 3.65; tail, 4.00; 
tarsus, 1 .05. 
Hab. — Eastern United States to the Missouri. 
The tail is considerably graduated ; the lateral feathers .60 of an inch shorter than the middle. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col- 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
1123 
1635 
2596 
2243 
10119 
6513 
6514 
7450 
8344 
5285 
4704 
3 
3 
3 
9 
3 
3 
Carlisle, Pa 
July 15, 1843 
July 16,1844 
May 6, 1846 
May 7, 1845 
9.00 
9.00 
8.83 
11.50 
11.75 
11.58 
3.50 
3.75 
Washington, D. C 
March 24.... 
3 
3 
3 
June 17, 1857 
June 4; 1857 
June 22, 1857 
Wm. M. Magraw . . 
Lt. AVairen 
do 
Dr. Cooper .... 
Dr. Hayden ... 
do 
9.00 
8.25 
8.00 
8.12 
11.25 
11.00 
11.00 
11.37 
3.75 
3.50 
3.00 
3.75 
Iris brown, bill black, 
feet brown. 
OROSCOPTES, Baird. 
Ch. — Culmen only slightly curved towards the tip. Bill longer and slenderer than in Mimus ; nearly equal to the head. 
Wings decidedly longer than the tail ; rather pointed ; the first primary less than half the second, which is a quarter of an inch 
shorter than the third. Tail rounded ; scarcely graduated. 
In general appearance the species resembles Toxostoma rufwm, though the longer and 
more pointed wings, shorter and scarcely graduated tail, and rather shorter bill, which is 
rather more notched, will at once distinguish them. The shape of the bill is almost precisely 
the same. In the long, pointed, and little concave wings, with the but slightly graduated tail, 
there is an approach to the true thrushes. The notch of the bill, however, is less distinct. 
