. Birds of the Bahama islands; containing many birds new to the islands, and a number of undescribed winter plumages of North American species . two Birds from the Bahama Islands hitherto undescribed. Proceedinos of the O Boston Society. Vol. IX. p. —Bryant, Henry. Additions to the List of Birds seen at the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Boston Society. Vol. XI. p. 63. Lawr. — Lawrence, George N. Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Family Trochilida:; and Tetraonidee. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. I. p. , N. B. List of Birds, chiefly Visitors from Nor


. Birds of the Bahama islands; containing many birds new to the islands, and a number of undescribed winter plumages of North American species . two Birds from the Bahama Islands hitherto undescribed. Proceedinos of the O Boston Society. Vol. IX. p. —Bryant, Henry. Additions to the List of Birds seen at the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Boston Society. Vol. XI. p. 63. Lawr. — Lawrence, George N. Descriptions of new Species of Birds of the Family Trochilida:; and Tetraonidee. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. I. p. , N. B. List of Birds, chiefly Visitors from North America, seen and killed in the Bahamas. Proceedinos of the Boston Society. Vol. XIX. p. 241. BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 41 ABBREVIATIONS OF AUTHORS NAMES. Atid. Audubon. Lafr. Lafresnaye. Bd. Baird. Lawr. Lawrence. Bodd. Boddaert. Licht. Lichtenstein. Bp. Bonaparte. Reich. Reichenbach. Cab. Cabanis. Rid^. Ridgeway. Cass. Cassin. Scl. Sclater. Cs. Coues. Sw. Swainson. Gainb. Gambel. Temin. Temminck. Old Gould. Vicil. Vieillot. Gin. Gmelin. Wagl. Wagler. Or. Gray. Wils. Wilson. Linn. Linnaeus. PART II. Birds of the Bahama Islands,. •. \t All ih / - ^ i^^-^- I is,.. -^^ MIMOCIGHLA ^lUMBEA. Pluu. FAM. TURDIDyE THRUSHES. MIMOCICHLA PLUMBEA. {Linn.)Plumbeous Thrush. Local Name. — Blue Thrasher. Adidt Male. — General plumage, plumbeous; chin and smallpatch at base of lower mandible, white; throat, black; primariesand secondaries, dark brown, except the first two, edged with slatygray; tail, very dark brown, almost black; the terminal third ofthe 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 slightlysmaller. Cannot be distinguished otherwise than bv dissection. Length , wing 5, tail 5, tarsus i, bill .90. For years, the Plumbeous Thrush has been represented onlyby a very few specimens in some of the large museum col


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