FRIXGILLID^ — THE FINCHES — PYRRHULOXIA. 



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Male. 



This beaiitil'ul bird is not rare at Cape St. Lucas, where it breeds ; the nest 

 and eggs, and the habits of the bii'd itself, likewise, are probably much lilce 

 those of C. aiiuxna. 



Genus PYRRHULOXIA, Bonaparte. 



Pi/nliuluxia, Bonaparte, Consp. 1830, SOU. {Typo, Cardimilis sinuatus, Bonaparte.) 



Gen. Char. Thu bill is very short and imicli curved, the eiihnen Ibniung an are of a 

 circle of sixty decrees or more, and entlin"; at a ri"ht antjle with the straiirht ":onvs ; the 

 connnissure abruptly much angulated anterior to the nostrils in its middle point ; the 

 lower jaw very much wider than the upper, and wider than the gonys is long; anterior 



p. sinitata. 



portion of commissure straitdit. Tarsus longer than middle toe ; outer lateral toes longer, 

 not reaching the base of the midiUe ; wing considerably rounded, first quill longer than 

 secondaries. Tail much longer than the wing, graduated ; the feathers broad, truncate. 

 Head crested. 



Color, gray, with red feathers and patches. 



