I- 



SINGING lilRDS— OSCINKS. 



and sweet, Init low warlile, as cheerfully j^iveii in gloomy weather as in the 

 sunshine, ami in the forest often the only cheering sign of life* 



Genus CISTOTHORUS, Cabanis. 



Cistolhnriis, Cabanis, Mus. Hi'in. 1850 -Til, 77. (Type, Tror/lodi/tes sleltaris.) 

 Tcbimtodi/lr.i, Cabanis, Mus. Heiii. 1850-51, 78. (Type, Ccrtlda palnstris.) 

 r/in'ol/mnis, ViEiLi.oT, Analyse, 1816, according to G. R. Gray. This name would apply 

 lietter to tlie liabits of Tliri/ot/iurus. 



Gex. Cii.vn. Bill about as long as tlic lirad or much shorter, much compressed, not 

 notelieil, gentlv derurvod from the midiUe ; the gonys slightly concave or straight. Toes 



C. palnstris. 



reaching to the end of the tail. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Hind toe longer than 

 the lateral, shorter than the middle. Lateral toes about erjual. Hind toe longer than or 



C. pahtstris. 



* T. Ameri'canus, Audcbon, mentioned liy Nuttall and Ilecrniann as an inhabitant of this coast, 

 was probably the present species, since no specimens of the true Amerlcamis have been collected. 

 I saw a few of the species about Santa Cruz, lat. 37°, on the coast of California, but not further 

 south. 



