200 TIMEWIDiE. 



Gen. B. i. p. 159 ; Bp. Vonsp. i. p. 223 ; Baird, Revieiv Amei: B. 

 p. 10] ; Sniiiichr. Mem. Bost. Soc. i. p. 544 ; Grai/, Iland-l. B. i. 

 p. 1!)2, no. 2ri40 ; Scl. lV Sulv. Nomenci. Av. Keotr. p. 5; Salv. iSf 

 Godm. Biol. Ccntr.-Anier., Aves, i. p. 09. 

 Campylorhyuchus pallidas (lajme), Lafr. Rev. Zool. 184G, p. 94. 



Adult. General colour above ashj^ barred with, blackish brown, 

 the ash}' whitisli bars slightly tinged with fulvous ; head entirely 

 ashy brown, mottled with blackish-brown bases to the feathers ; 

 hind neck and sides of neck streaked with black and white ; sca- 

 pulars and wing-coverts like the back, broadly barred with black 

 and white : quiUs blackish brown, spotted with white on the outer 

 web, the inner secondaries tipped and bfirred across with ashy 

 white ; centre tail-feathers ashy brown, mottled with remains of 

 blackish bars on the inner web, barred with black on the outer one ; 

 the outer feathers barred with white or ashy white ; a distinct 

 white eyebrow reaching from the base of the bill to the side of the 

 nape ; lores dusky ; sides of face dull white, mottled with blackish 

 streaks, the upper edge of the ear-coverts blackish brown ; the 

 cheeks separated from the throat by a narrow blackish moustachial 

 line ; under surface of body dull white, the flanks and abdomen 

 washed with pale brownish ; the throat and breast profusely 

 spotted with dusky brown or blackish ; the sides of the body, thighs, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts barred with blackish brown, the 

 thighs narrowly barred ; iinder wing-coverts brownish white, 

 spotted with blackish brown, the axillaries faintly barred; quills 

 dusky brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'85, wing 3"4, tail 3"3, tarsus 1-05. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the head uniform black, 

 and the plumage spotted instead of barred, the back being varied 

 with large ovate spots of brownish white or ochraccous brown ; eye- 

 brow and sides of face pale fulvous brown, the whole of the under 

 surface also tinged with this shade ; throat dull white, unspotted ; 

 the breast and undorparts barred with blackish brown, with a few 

 blackish spots on the breast. (Mus. Salvin tf- Godinan.) 



The Grey Cactua-AVren inhabits the highlands of Southern Mexico, 

 at a height of from 5000 to 6500 feet. 



a. c? ad. sk. La Parada, Mexico. M. Salle [C]. 



b. Ad. sk. La Parada, Mexico. M. Boucard [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. [Mexico.] J. Gould, Esq. 



d. e. Ad. sk. [Mexico.] Purchased. 



17. Campylorhynchus balteatus. 



Campylorhyuchus zonatoides, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1800, p. 272 (nee Lafr.). 

 Campylorhynchus pallescens, Sclater, Cut. Amer. B. p. 16 (nee Lafr.). 

 Campylorhynchus balteatus, Baird, Itevieiv Amer. B. p. 103 ; Gray, 



Hdnd-l. B. i. p. 193, no. 2655 ; Scl. ^ Salv. Nomcncl. Av. Neoir. 



p. 5 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 319, 749. 



Adult. General colour above pale ; the head ashy grey, mottled 

 with blackish centres to the feathers ; hind neck streaked with 



