2. coryi, Sharpe, in Seebohm’s Monogr. Turdidse, Cayman Brae Isl.
ii. p. 212 (1902).
3. plumbea (Linn.). Bahama Is.
bryanti, Seebohin, Cat. B. v. p. 280.
4. schistacea, Baird, Review Amer. B. p. 37 E. Cuba.
(1864),
5. ravida, Cory, Auk, iii. p. 499 (1886). Grand Cayman Isl.
6. ardesiaca ( VieHl.). (v. p. 282.) Greater Antilles.
7. albiventris, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 326. Dominica.
\verrillorum, Allen, Auk, viii. p. 217, 1891.]
IX. CICHLHERMINIA, Bp.
(Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi- p. 326,1881.)
[Gf. Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 476,1883 ;
Cory, Auk, viii. pp. 43, 44, 1891.]
1. herminieri (Lafr.). (p. 327.) Lesser Autilles
(Guadeloupe).
present volume appears to me to be natural, but it remains to be seen whether an
exact examination of characters will justify my arrangement.
The distinctive characters between the genera Tardus and Merula are very slight,
and the difference in colour of the sexes in the latter genus is of no account. The
proportion of the primary-quills emphasized by Dr. Stejneger is also an unstable
character ; but the larger size of the bastard primary in the Merulce, which is almost
Timeliine in form in some species, is perhaps the best feature to rely on for the
separation of the Blackbirds and Thrushes. The wing is, as a rule, more pointed in
the latter ; but even then the proportion of the quills varies in allied species, and in
two closely connected species a migratory bird will show a more pointed wing than
its resident and more sedentary ally.
2. lawfencei, -Cory, Auk, viii. p. 44 (1891). Lesser Antilles
(Montserrat).
3. sanctæ.luciæ (Sel.), (p. 328.) Lesser Antilles
(Santa Lucia.
S. Vincent).
4. dominicensis (Lawr ). (p. 328.) Lesser Antilles
(Dominica).
X. MERULA, Leach*
(Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 232, 1881.)
ij merula (Linn.), (p. 235.) Europe and N. Africa.
E. to Syria, Egypt, and
Persia.
Azores.
2. cabrerae (Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 323,1901). Canary Is.
3. mauritanica (Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. pp. 299, Marocco.
300, 1902).
4. intermedia, Richm., Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii.
p. 585 (1896).
C. Asia
(Afghanistan.
Turkestan
to Lob-Nor).
5. maxima, Seebohm. (p. 405.) Mts. of Kashmir.
* What is Turdus metcdlophonus, Bertoni, Ares nuevas del Paraguay, p. 147 (1901).