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SINGING BIRDS — OSCIXES. 



deep as the upper ; not as wide as the gonvs is lon^ : l)ut wider than the hase of the u])per 

 mandible. Feet large;, the tarsus as long as or a little longer than the middle toe ; the 

 outer lateral toe a little the longer, and reaching a little beyond the base, of tlic middle 

 claw. The hind claw about ecjual to its toe ; the two together about ecjual to the outer 

 toe. Claws all stout, compressed, and moderately curved. Wings reaching about to the 

 end of the upper tail coverts ; short and rounded, though the primaries are considerably 



P. trylhrojiltl/inlmus. 



longer than the nearly equal secondaries and tertials ; the outer four quills are gi-aduateil ; 

 the first considerably shorter than the second, and about as long as the secondaries. Tail 

 considerably longer than the wings ; moderately graduated externally ; the feathers rather 

 broad ; most rounded off on the inner webs at the end. 



The colors vary ; the upjjer parts are generally luiifonn black or brown ; the un<ler white 

 or brown ; no central streaks on the il'athers. The hood sometimes ditl'erently colored. 



P. erythrophthahnits. 



