0O9 CRYING BIRDS — CLAMATOKES. 



I first noticed the aiTi\-al of this Idrd from the north at the end of Sep- 

 tember, near Los Angeles, but it probaldy arri\-es mucli earlier in the north- 

 ern part of the State, if indeed it does not breed there, east of the Sierra. 



Genus CONTOPUS, Caisanis. 



Cuntopus, Cabams, Jouraal fiir Orn. III. Nov. 1855, 479, (Type, Musn'rapa virciis, L.) 



Gen. Cii.\R. Tarsus very short, but stout ; less than the middle toe and scarcely longer 

 than the hinder. Bill quite broad at the base ; wider than half the cubnen. Tail mod- 



erately forked, much shorter than the wins: (rather more than three fourths). AVings 

 very long and much pointed, reaching beyond the middle of the tail ; the first primary 



