FAM. TURDIDAi. 
THRUSHES. 
MIMOCICHLA PLUM BE A. {Linn.) 
Plumbeous Thrush. 
Local Name. — Blue Thrasher. 
Adult . Male. — General plumage, plumbeous; chin and small 
patch at base of lower mandible, white ; throat, black ; primaries 
and secondaries, dark brown, except the first two, edged with slaty- 
gray ; tail, very dark brown, almost black ; the terminal third of 
the inner webs of the first two, and tips of first four feathers, 
white ; crissum, plumbeous ; legs and eyelids, vermilion red ; iris, 
reddish brown. 
Adult Female. — Similar to the male, but appears to be slightly 
smaller. Cannot be distinguished otherwise than by dissection. 
Length 10.25, wing 5, tail 5, tarsus 1, bill .90. 
For years, the Plumbeous Thrush has been represented only 
by a very few specimens in some of the large museum collections, 
and was considered so rare that I was very much surprised, upon 
visiting the Bahamas, to find it abundant on some of the islands. 
