260 DUBOXID^. 



the centre -with chestnut ; abdomen and under tail-coverts yellowish 

 Avhite ; leg-feathers yellowish buff, minutely but thickly spotted with 

 chestnut ; under wing-coverts yellowish, spotted and narrowly barred 

 with chestnut- brown, the lower series ashy brown, yellowish at base 

 and resembling the inner lining of the wing ; the outer primaries 

 nearly uniform, the others with yellowish bands on the inner webs, 

 the secondaries barred right across. Total length 18 inches, wing 

 13-1, tail 8, tarsus 2-25. 

 Hah. Guatemala. 



a. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Antigua, Gua- Osbert Salviu, Esq. [P.]. 



temaia {Crnistanda). One of the typical spe- 



cimens. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Pm-chased. 



d. Juv. St. [America.] Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. [America.] Earl of Derby [P.]. 



9. Syrnium occidentale. 



Symium occidentale, Xanthiis, Pr. rhilad. Acad. 1859, p. 193 ; 

 Baird, B. N. Am. App. p]. Ixvi. ; id. in Cooper''s, B. Calif, p. 430; 

 Coues, Key N.-Am. B. p. 204 ; id. B. N. W. p. 3U9 (note) ; Bidffxv. 

 N.-Am. B. iii. p. 38. 



Adult. Above deep umber-brown, a little clearer on the head, all 

 the feathers with concealed bars of fulvous, and having a broad 

 subterminal spot or bar of pure white, imparting a distinctly spotted 

 appearance to the upper surface of the body ; the white bars very 

 much broader on the hind neck and on the scapulars ; wing-coverts 

 coloured like the back, and spotted and notched in exactly the same 

 manner ; primary-coverts dark brown, with about four bars of 

 fulvous on the outer webs ; quills paler brown, tipped with whitish 

 and barred with fulvous brown, about seven square spots being 

 visible on the outer webs of both primaries and secondaries, inclining 

 to whitish on the outer web of both series, the innermost secondaries 

 vermiculated with white ; upper tail-coverts brown like the back, with 

 very distinct cross bars of white ; taU pale brown, tipped with whitish, 

 and crossed with about seven other bands of fulvous brown, obsolete 

 near the base, but becoming lighter and more whitish towards the 

 tips; face duller brown, with white shaft-streaks and concentric 

 rings of darker brown, not many in niimber or strongly pronounced, 

 the lower angle of the facial disk inclining to silvery white where 

 it adjoins the ruff; the latter consisting of deep chocolate-brown 

 feathers, spotted and barred with white or fulvous, the white bars 

 on the long throat-feathers very distinct ; under surface of body 

 barred with white and brown, most of the feathers yellowish 

 buff at base ; some of the white bars on the flanks not complete, but 

 consisting of pairs of large oval spots ; the under wing-coverts white, 

 barred wath light brown ; leg-feathers white ; bUl yellow. Total 

 length 18-5 inches, wing 12-8, tail 9, tarsus 2-35. 



Hab. Southern middle provinces of the United States, ranging 

 into Mexico. 

 a. 5 ad. St. Mexico. 



