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CLIMBING BIRDS— SCANSORES. 



relied on to distiiiguisli species, and to determine tlieu- " origin," will Ije for 

 future Darwins to examine into* 



A female Lird from Cape St. Lucas is represented in the accompanying 

 fi"ure. 



Note. — Since writing the above, two or more specimens have been obtained at Oakland, oppo- 

 site San Francisco, which are evidently of the form lii/hrichis, Baird. One, sent to Mr. H. 1*. Carl- 

 ton fresh, differs from the ciuiatiis only in having the head grayish like Mexicaiiiis, and the lldck 

 cheek feathers tipped with red. These mnst be stragglers from the Eocky Moimtains. 



