354 Mr. Vigors's Sketches in Ornithology. 



Zoological Society by A. Collie, Esq., Surgeon to the Blossom, to whose 

 exertions, during the expedition, natural science owes many important 

 obligations. To him I beg leave to dedicate the species. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES FERREO-ROSTRIS. 



Cocc, fusco-hrunneus ; capite pectore abdomineque superiore cocci- 

 7ieis» 



Rostrum fortissimum pedesc^Q plumbei. Longitudo corporis, 8^; 

 roitri ad frontem, J, ad rictum, ly^^, altitude J; aim a carpo ad remi- 

 gemStiam, 4J; caudcB, 3; tarsi, f. 



PiCUS SCAPULARIS. 



Pic. niger; strigd utrinque longitudinali a rictu ad scapular es des- 

 cendente abdomineque fulvo-albis ; capite cristato, strigdque sub rictu 

 coccineis; rostro eburneo. 



Remiges rectricesqne infra fuscae. Tectrices alarum inferiores albae. 

 Longitudo corpon-s, 11; rostri ad frontem, IJ, ad rictum, 1§; alcBB. 

 carpo ad remigem 3tiam, 6f; caudce, 5; tarsi, 1. 



For the male and female of this species, the Society is indebted to the 

 liberality of Mr. Collie, who obtained it, together with the Pica Colliei 

 at San Bias. 



COLAPTES COLLARIS. 



Col. vinaceo^griseus, subtus uropygioque albis ; fasciis corporis 

 superni, guttis abdominis, collari semilunari pectorali, remigibus rec- 

 tridbusque atris, rhachibus rubro-aurantiacis ; strigd utrinque sub 

 rictu coccined. 



Caput superni brunnescens, collumque vinaceo-griseum sine fasciis. 

 Itemiges apice albse, subtiis ad basin rubro-aurantiacee. Tectrices 

 inferiores alarum albse, interne leviter rubro-aurantiaco difFusae, externe 

 nigro notatae. Rostrum pedesque brunnei. Longitudo corporis, 11; 

 rostri ad frontem, If, ad rictum. If ; alcB a carpo ad remigem 3tiam, 

 6J; caudce, 5; tarsi, 1. 



Ortyx Douglasii. 



Ort. plumbeo-bmnnea, cristd erectd alisque superioribus saturate 



