112 SHUFELDT. 
Note. — With the exception of figures 24 and 26, all the drawings in the Plates are 
of the size of life; the excepted figures being twice the natural size. They were all 
drawn by the author directly from specimens in his own cabinet, with the exception 
of the skull of Sita c. aculeata, which belongs to my son (Fig. 16). The skeleton 
of Ampelis cedrorum was presented me by Mr. H. K. Coale of Chicago, and the 
Sayornis nigricans by C. A. Allen of Nicasio, California; while the Smithsonian In- 
stitution generously furnished the specimen of the Varied Thrush (4. xevia), shown 
in figures 3 and 26. All the others, with a few exceptions, were collected by the 
author in various parts of the United States, as Wyoming, New Mexico, Louisiana, 
and elsewhere. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 
Fic. 1. Superior view of the skull of AZyadestes townsendii; ad. , New Mexico. 
Fic. 2. Superior view of theskull of A/erula migratoria propingua, ad. ¢. 
Fic. 3. Superior view of the skull of Aesperocichla nevia, ad. g. (No. 81,166. 
S: ne Cols). 
Fic. 4. Superior view of the skull of Turdus a. pallasiz; adult. 
Fic. 5. Superior view of the skull of Polioptila caerulea, ad. 9 , New Orleans, La. 
Fic. 6. Superior view of the skull of a specimen of Regzlus satrapa, ad. g, col- 
lected by Mr. H. K. Coale at Hartford, Conn. 
Fic. 7. Superior view of the skull of Psaltriparus plumbeus, ad. 6, New Mexico. 
(Probably one of the very smallest passerine skulls of existing birds.) 
Fic. 8. Superior view of the skull of Chamea fasciata henshawi ; from a speci- 
men collected in California by Mr. F. Stephens. 
Fic. 9. Superior view of the skull of Parus inornatus griseus ; ad. § , New Mexico. 
Fic. 10. Superior view of the skull of an adult specimen of Parus gambeli. 
Fic. 11. Superior view of the skull of Sz¢ta c. aculeata. 
Fic. 12. Superior view of the skull of an adult specimen of Zvoglodytes aédon 
parkmanit, 
Fic. 13. Superior view of the skull of Anchus pensilvanicus; adult. 
Fic. 14. Superior view of the skull of a ¢ specimen of an adult Jcteria v. 
longicauda, collected by the author at Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 
Fic. 15. Superior view of the skull of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria 
citrea) ; ad. g, New Orleans, La. 
Fic. 16. Superior view of the skull of Vireo noveboracensis,; adult. 
Fic. 17. Superior view of the skull of Ampelis cedrorum ; adult. 
Fic. 18. Superior view of the skull of Sayornis nigricans. 
