

CRriNG BIRDS— CLAM ATORES. 



Gends PYROCEPHALUS, Gould. 



Pijrocephalus, GocLD, Zool. of Beagle, 1838, 44. 



Gen. Char. Tarsus moderate, very little longer tlian the middle toe ; liind toe not 

 longer than the lateral. Bill slender ; very narrow at the base. Tail broad, even, about 



P. Mexicanus. 



four fifths the length of the wings, which reach beyond the middle of the tail. First quill 

 shorter than the fifth. Head with a cons])icuous rounded crest. Se.xes dissimilar. Male 

 with the crown and beneath red ; tail, back, and wings brown. 



P. Mexicamis. 



Of this geniLs several other species are known to naturalists, all, with 

 perhaps a single excejjtion, of much the same colors. In the red of the 

 under parts they are perhaps unique in tlieir family, where gray, white, 

 or yellow are so much more frequently met with. 



