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REVIEW or AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



Locality. 



Fort Steilacoom. 

 Columbia Kiv. 

 San Diftro, Cal. 

 Gila River. 

 Hellgate, Idaho. 

 Sweet Water. 

 FortFillmore, N. M. 

 Saltillo, Mex. 



When 



Collected. 



Dec. 30, '54. 



1860. 

 Aug. 19, '58. 



May, 18.53. 



Received from 



Dr. Suckley. 

 S. F. Baird. 

 Lt. Parke. 

 Major E in cry. 

 Lt. Mullan. 

 Capt. J. H. Simp- 

 Capt. Pope, [sou, 

 Lt. Couch. 



Collected by 



J K Town.seud. 

 Dr. Heerniann. 

 A. Scliott. 

 J. Peaisall. 

 C. S. M'Carthy. 



Sialia arctica. 



Erythraca {Sialia) arctica, Swains. F. B. A. II, 1831, 209, pi. 39.— 

 Siulia arctica, Nottall, Man. II, 1832, 573. — Baird, Birds N. Am. 

 1858, 224.— ScLATER, Catal. 1861, 11, no. 67. 

 Sialia macroptera, Baikd, Stausbury's Rept. 1852,314 (larger race with 

 longer wings). 

 Hab. Central table lands of Nortli America, east to month of Yellowstone. 

 One individual collected at Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake. Not common on 

 the Pacific slope ; the only specimens received coming from Simiahmoo, Fort 

 Crook, and San Diego. Not recorded as found in Mexico. 



(3,706.) Type of ^. macrupteva. 



Family STLYIIDJG. 



Bill slender, broad and depressed at the base, distinctly notched and de- 

 curved at the tip. Culinen sharp-ridged at base. Frontal featliers reaching 

 to the nostrils, which are oval, with membrane above, and overhung — not 

 concealed — by a few bristles or by a feather. Rictal bristles extending 

 beyond nostrils. Tarsi booted or scutellate. Basal joint of middle toe 

 attached its whole length externally, half-way internally. Primaries ten • 

 spurious primary about half the 2d, which is shorter than the 7th. Lateral 

 toes equal. 



The birds of this family are readily distinguished from the Paridse, 

 by the slender bill, notched and decurved at tip ; much bristled 

 gape, sharp-ridged culmen, exposed oval nostrils, less adherent toes, 



