. The Auk. Birds. i8S6.] Cory oti the Birds of the Indies. 15 Margarops fusca Gray, Handl. Bds. I. p. 259(1869). Sp. Char, il/a/e .—Above brown, the feathers slightly edged with ash; throat and breast brown, feathers heavily edged with white, giving a mottled appearance which shows faintly on the belly and almost disappears at the vent; primaries brown, pale edged; upper tail- coverts tipped with white; tail brown, tipped with white; bill yel- lowish, with an olive tinge ; upper mandible shading into brown at the base; legs pale olive ; iris pale yellow. The sexes are apparently similar.
. The Auk. Birds. i8S6.] Cory oti the Birds of the Indies. 15 Margarops fusca Gray, Handl. Bds. I. p. 259(1869). Sp. Char, il/a/e .—Above brown, the feathers slightly edged with ash; throat and breast brown, feathers heavily edged with white, giving a mottled appearance which shows faintly on the belly and almost disappears at the vent; primaries brown, pale edged; upper tail- coverts tipped with white; tail brown, tipped with white; bill yel- lowish, with an olive tinge ; upper mandible shading into brown at the base; legs pale olive ; iris pale yellow. The sexes are apparently similar. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; tarsus, ; bill, .76. Habitat. Inagua, Bahamas; Porto Rico, San Domingo .^ St. Thomas, St. Croix. Margarops densirostris (Vieill.). Turdns dcjisiiostris Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XX, p. 233 (1S16).—Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 167.—Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850). Cichlkerminia densirostris Bp. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854). Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (1881). Margarops densirostris ScL. P. Z. S. 1859, P- 336.—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1S69).—ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 17,2, (1S78).—Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, P- 765.—Allen, Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club. V, p. 166 (1880).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Sp. Char. Male:—Above dark brown, feathers edged with pale brown- primaries dark brown, margined with reddish brown; inner secon- daries tipped with white; throat heavily marked with white on the upper portion, shading into dark brown on the breast, the feathers edged with white; centre of the belly dull white; sides mottled with white and brown; under tail-coverts white, banded with brown; tail dark lirown, tipped with white; bill and legs horn color; iris pale yellow. The sexes are similar. Length (skin). ; wing, 5-30; tail,; tarsus, i. 25; bill, Habitat. Dominica. Martinique, Montserrat, Santa Lucia and Guadeloupe. Margarops montanus (Lafr.). Tardus mo
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