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BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
MIMUS ORPHEUS VAR. DOMINICUS. (Linn.) (Bryant) 
Little Mocking-bird. 
Adult Male. — Above, grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; 
under parts, white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast ; wings, 
brown ; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth 
and ninth almost entirely, white ; tail, brown, having the first two 
and entire inner web of third feathers white ; bill, black ; legs, 
brownish. Sexes similar. 
Length 8.50, wing 4, tail 4.20, tarsus 1.20, bill .64. 
This pretty little Mocking-bird, which is about the smallest of 
its family, is common at Inagua, and a constant resident. I have 
never met with it on any of the other islands, although the negroes 
claim that a small bird of this genus is occasionally seen on Long 
Island during the summer. Dr. Bryant found it at Inagua, but did 
not meet with it elsewhere in the Bahamas. It may be easily recog 
nized by its small size and distinct wing-markings. 
MIMUS BAHAMENSIS. (. Bryant .) 
Bahama Mocking-bird. 
Winter Plumage, Male. — Much larger than M. polyglottus , and 
the white tail-feathers wanting. Above, pale rufous-brown, the rufous 
tint most marked on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; below, pale 
