116 NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



(EXTRALIMITAL.) 



M. pusilla. ( Aud. B. of A. Vol. 1, pi. 66.) Greenish brown. Breast and sides grey ; beneath, pale 



yellow: a pale narrow ring surrounding the eye. Length, 5 inches. Labrador (not yet observed 



in this State). 

 M. trailli. (Id. lb. Vol. 1, pi. 65.) Dusky olive; head darker. Wings bifasciate with greyish 



white ; secondaries bordered with the same. Throat and breast grey ; pale yellow beneath. Length, 



5 inches. Columbia river, Arlcansa. Closely allied to the preceding. 

 M. say a. (Id. lb. Vol. 1, p. 59.) Greyish brown. Tail black : a dusky spot before the eye ; lower 



wing-coverts reddish white. Length, 7 inches. Columbia river, Arkansa, Texas. 

 M. pha.be. (Richardson, F. B. A. pi. 46.) Olive brown. Dusky grey on the neck; breast and 



sides tinged with olive ; abdomen pale dull yellow. Length, 6-8. Columbia river, Fur countries. 



Allied to fuse a. 

 M. nigricans. (Aud. B. of A. pi. 60.) Dark sooty brown ; beneath white. Tail slightly emarginate. 



Length, seven inches. Mexico, California, Texas. 

 M. texensis. (Giratjd, Birds of Texas, plate.) Crown, with a concealed patch of bright vermilion; 



back, scapulars, wings, rump and tail brown. Throat, foreneck, and a band over the eyes and 



across the front, white. Tail long, even, and of twelve feathers. Length, 7*25. Texas. 

 M. laurentii. (Id. B. of Texas.) Above dull brown : throat, foreneck and breast cinereous ; beneath 



yellow. Bill robust. Length, 6 • 45. Texas. 

 M. fulvifrons. (Id. B. of Tex. plate.) Brown; beneath buff Secondaries broadly edged with white 



on the outer webs. Tail emarginate ; the outer vane of first feather white. Bill feeble. Length, 



4-S. Texas. 

 M. dcrhami. (Id. lb. plate.) Slate. Lores and forehead black; crown and occiput chesnut brown, 



spotted with dusky. Wings and tail brown : four outer tail-feathers spotted with white. Throat 



and foreneck black ; breast and belly light red. Length, 5*0. Texas. 

 M. belli. (Id. lb. plate.) Olive-green. Throat, breast and abdomen yellow ; crown, cheeks, and a 



spot before the eye chesnul-brown : a yellow streak from the base of the bill, passing over the eye, 



and somewhat dilated on the sides of the neck. Tail graduated. Length, 4-0. Texas. 

 M. leucomus. (Id. lb. plate.) Black: beneath bright red. Throat and foreneck black. Outer webs 



of the three lateral tail-feathers white. A conspicuous patch of white on the wings. Length, 5*5. 



Texas. 

 M. brasieri. (Id. lb. plate.) Olivaceous; yellow beneath. Forehead and loral space yellow ; crown 



and occiput orange, bordered with black ; checks and sides of the neck greenish yellow. Length, 



5-0. Texas. 

 M. rubrifrons. (Id. lb. plate.) Back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts ash-grey ; rump white. Fore- 

 head, space round the eyes, loral space, throat and foreneck red. Wings and tail brown. Sides 



of body dusky; beneath white, Length, 4*0. Texas. 



