traders of sorm New South American Bird*, 



Ti. amen is from one of the collections made on the re- 



pedition to South America for scientific explorations, of 



which Prof. Jas. Orton was the head, and by whom it was pre- 



me. The collections in Venezuela were made by 



M. asm W". B. Gilbert and R. II. Forbes, of Williams College. 



above bird was obtained by the latter gentleman. 



/,'- larks. The character which most distinguishes this species 

 from all others is the greater extent of rufous coloring on the 

 wings and tail ; besides, the bill is much larger and stouter. 



.!/. i n/throptt ruSj Lafr., the type of which is in the Mus. of the 

 Boston Soc. of N. II. (and which seems to be a valid species, 

 though I believe it is not generally recognized as such), comes 

 nearest to the present bird in the rufous character of the quill 

 -, but that has the wing coverts olivaceous, with very 

 narrow, paler i not at all red ; the tail is olive-brown, with- 



out any red; the <-<\j<-> very narrowly paler or light greenish- 

 olive. The locality given is " Brazil." 



O. Rlyiozetetea inornatus. 



CTpper plumage light-brown, scarcely olive; crown, Bides of the head. 

 and lower part <>f the hind neck, of a line deep brown; the feathers of 

 the crown are much elongated; there is no bright crown Bpo1 ; a broad 

 and conspicuous white hand occupies the front, the Bides of the crown 

 and the hind bead : the winga and the tail are of a rather lighl umber 

 brown, with n<> indications of rufous margins; the wing coverts are 

 colored like the back, and are also of an uniform color; the throal is 

 white; under plumage and under wing coverts brighl yellow ; inner 

 margins of quills very pale yellowish ; bill black, the under mandible 

 brownish at base; tarsi and toes brownish flesh-color. 



I ngth (akin) 8| in.; wing 3$; tail 8J ; bill ,'',.. ; tarsi ,. 



Habitat. Valencia, Venezuela. Type in Museum of Vassar 

 College. I I W. B. Gilbert, A.ng. L867. 



/.' Tins appears to be an adult bird, but with no 



■ . colored crown spot, but has a lengthened crest, and is 



idly white on the sides of the crown ; the color below is not 



BO 1 • and the bill is narrower. 



