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REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part I. 



Icteria loiigicaiida. 



Icteria loiiijicuiida, Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VI, April, 1853, 4. — 

 Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 249, pL xxxiv, fig. 2. — Sclater, CataL 

 42, no. 253. 



ficteria auricollis (Licht. Miis. BerL), Bo.\. Consp. 1850, 331. 



Hab. Western and middle provinces of United States ; Cape St. Lucas and 

 Mexico ? 



Specimens of this species are in the Smithsonian collection from 

 many points in California and the Rocky Mountains as far north as 

 Yreka, Cal., to northern Mexico, and east to the Upper Missouri, as — 



Sex 

 and 

 Age. 



Ft. Lookout, Mo. Kiv. 

 Ft. Piene, " 



Loup Fork. 

 Cape St. Lucas. 

 Mexico. 



When 

 Collected. 



June 17, '56. 

 May 12, '55. 



Received from 



Lt. Warren. 

 C"l. Vauyhan. 

 Lt. Warren. 

 J. Xantus. 

 Verreaux. 



Collected by 



Dr. Haydeu. 

 J. Xantus. 



GRANATELLUS, Dlbcs. 



Granatellus, Dubcs ("Esq. Orn."), Bon. Consp. 1850, 312. (Type G. 

 venustus, Dub.) 



Bill shaped much as in Icteria : broad and high at tlie base, scarcely notched 

 at tip. Culmen and commissure much curved ; gonys slightly convex ; the 

 upper edge of lower jaw much curved, but straight towards the end. Lower 

 jaw deeper than the upper. Nostrils circular, in anterior end of nasal groove, 

 with membrane against posterior half, but not aliove it, and with the nasal 

 feathers falling short of their edges, as in some Troylodijtidte and Donacohius. 

 Rictal bristles inconspicujous ; the throat and chin with bristles interspersed 

 among the feathers. Tarsi short ; the scutella; much fused on the sides. 

 Wings considerably shorter than the rounded tail, the feathers of which have 

 rounded tips ; the first quill as short as the secondaries. 



I can find no place for this curious form so appropriate as near 

 to Icteria, as although the style of coloration is very different (ashj 

 above, sides white, belly red), the structure is much alike. The 

 bills are quite similar in shape and proportions — being very deep, 

 and the upper mandible much decurved from tlie base ; there is, how- 

 ever, a very slight faint notch, scarcely appreciable in some speci- 

 mens. A striking difference is in the disproportionate size of the 

 lower jaw, which is actually deeper than the ujjper, anterior to the 

 nostrils. The naked space just bfliind the nostrils is also peculiar, 

 as perhaps the absence of niembrane above them. The tail is more 

 graduated, and the feathers more rounded than in Icteria. 



