BIRDS — BOMBYCILLIDAE CICHLOP8I8. 



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Bill ratlior iiannw. Tarsus bare above, scutellate. Wings sborter than the tail ; first quill 

 scarcely spurious, half the second, which is much graduated ; the third to sixth slightly grad- 

 uated. Tail rounded, graduated. Feathers broad, widening to the tii). 



MYi.\i)iv-Tii<. — Head scarcely crested. Culmen straight to near the tip. liill moderately 

 broad. Tarsi without scutellae, (except in the young?) Wings very long, longer than the 

 tail ; the first quill very short ; the second, but not the third, graduated. Tail forked, the 

 lateral feather graduated ; feathers broad, tapering to the tip. 



Comparative measurements. 



' Belonging to Mr. George N. Lawrence. 



PTILOGONYS, Swain son. 



Plihgonys, Swainsov, Catal. Mex. Museum, 1824. 

 Ptiliogonys, Swainsok, Pliilosopliical Mag. I, May, 1827, 368. 

 Ptiliogonattu, Swaikson, Zool. Jour. Ill, July, 1827, 164. 



Ch. — Head with a full though short depressed occipital crest. Bill broad, much depressed ; sides nearly straight ; greatest 

 width equal to the length of culmen. Rictus with short bristles. Nostrils oval, margined by membrane, except below. Tarsus 

 ehorter than the middle toe, scutellate ; a few feathers on its upper extremity anteriorly ; outer toe a little longer than inner, 

 about equal to the hinder ; hind claw not half the total length of the hind too. Tail longer than the wings ; slightly forked, 

 but the lateral feather nearly .20 of an inch shorter than the next ; the feathers narrow linear. First primary about one fourth 

 the longest ; the second and third much graduated and acuminate ; the fourth longest and rounded. 



I introduce the description of the genus Ftllocjonys here to show its relationship _to the United 

 States species, especially, too, as the P. cinerev^ the type, will most jirobably be found within 

 our own territories. - 



CICIILOPSIS, Cabanls. 



Cichlopsii, Cabakis, Mus. Hein. 1850- '51. Type C .kucogenys. 



Ch. — Head with an occipital crest of long narrow feathers. Bill weak, depressed, decidedly narrower than the length of 

 culmen. Base of bill with short bristles. Tarsi scutellate, bare above ; shorter than the middle toe ; outer lateral toe rather the 

 longer ; equal to the hinder. Wings and tail rather long ; the former shortest ; the first quill half the length of the second, and 

 two fifths the fifth, or longest. Tail feathers broad, widening to the rounded tip ; the tail moderately graduated ; the middle 

 ones longest. 



'Ptiloconts cinereus, Swainson. 



" Ptilogonya cinereus, Swaikson, Catal. Mox. Mus. 1824,' App. page 4." — Bos. Consp. 1850, 335. — Cabanis, Mus. 



Hein. 1851, .5.5. 

 Ptiliogonatus cinereus, Swainson, Zool. Jour. Ill, July, 1827, 1C4.— 1b. Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 368.— Ib. Zool. 111. ; pi. 



Ixiv. * 



Plitiogonys cineretw, Swainson, Zool. 111. tab. Ixii. 

 " HypothymU chrysorrhaea, Licht." Te.mm. PI. Col. 452. 



General color light plumbeous grey, becoming whitish on the forehead and chin. Sides of head light smoke brown, with a 

 white ring round the eye. Quills and tail greenish black, edged with plumbeous, the former margined internally with white ; 

 the tail feathers with a large white patch on tlio inner webs on the middle third. Sides of body and belly behind greenish 

 yellow, becoming clear yellow on the under tail Coverts. Bill and feet black. Length, 7. GO ; wing, 3.56 ; tail, 4.15. (No. 

 3966, Mexico.) 



