GALEOSCOPTES—MELANOPTILA. 55 
tion varies somewhat. Rocky Mountain specimens appear a little 
larger than others. The smallest is 29,222, from Orizaba; in this 
the wing measures 3.40, the tail 3.80. A female, 10,352, from 
Florida, is also very small. There is considerable difference in the 
length and thickness of the bill in different specimens. In some 
specimens the tarsal scutelle are perfectly well defined, in others 
indistinct on the sides of the tarsus. 
| 
Smith- Collec-| Sex When 
pag tor’s | and Locality. Collected. Received from Collected by 
o. | No. | Age. 
1,123 o |Carlisle, Pa. July 15, 43.| S. F. Baird. 8. F. Baird. 
10,352 Q |Indian Key, Fla. Jan. 12. GaWioxdemanreny|\y ol Noteterctets 
11,888 Ae Q |Tortugas, Fla. on Capt. Woodbury.| _.......... 
13,137: 6 g¢ |Fort Garry, Red Riv. noe OCOR NS Tatil oan ae 
18,506 32 ae ne July 10. ieDonagiahGunm’ 19) fesse 
13,306 as .. |Leavenworth, Mo. | May 16. TCAD taJEpEEy Simip-alimn ean cation 
5,285 bia ¢ |Ft.Lookout, Mo. Riv.| June 4, ’56. | Lt. Warren. [son.| Dr. Hayden. 
22,045 | 120 .. |Ccur d’Alene Mis’n. aide tre deiGa Cooperalli. vimieiase. 
21,960 | 481 og |Sinyakwateen De- 
pot, W. T. | June 27, ’60.| A. Campbell. 
ae 
21,961 | 566 od |Campon KootenayR. July 28, ’60. 
21,962 | 567 aS ee 
“c 
33,170) 11 Nassau, N. P. April 22,°64.| Lt. Fitzgerald. 
29,631 ne .. |Cuba. lefe C. Wright. 
30, 868 76 .. |El Mirador, Mex. see Dr. C. Sartorius. 
29,222 ; 300 .. |Orizaba, Mex. [jole. 500 | Prof. Sumichrast. 
16,838 So .. |Panama R. R. Fri- and J M’Leannan. 
Be 15 -. | Guatemala, Sob Cab. Lawrence. | zs 
(1,123.) 9; 11.50; 3.50. (10,352.) 8.25. (11,888.) 8.50. (13,137.) With egys, 2,258. 5,285.) 
Eyes brown. 
~ MELANOPTILA, Scrarter. 
Melanoptila, Scuater, P. Z. 8. 1857, 275. (Type VM. glabrirostris.) 
As there is but a single known species of this genus, I give the 
generic characters with the specific. 
Melanoptila glabrirostris. 
Melanoptila glabrirostris, Scuater, P. Z. 8. 1857, 275 (Omoa, Honduras, 
with figure of head and wing).—Is. 1859, 337.—-Ip. Catal. Am. 
Birds, 1861, 7, no. 41.—Scuarer & Sanyiy, Ibis, I, 1859, 7. 
Hab. Honduras. 
Bill shorter than the head; quite similar in shape to that of Mimus caro- 
linensis, but apparently without any trace of rictal bristles (the specimen 
before me has the tip broken so that I am unable to speak as to the notch). 
Tarsi rather longer than the middle toe and claw, scutellate on the anterior 
half, though not very distinctly ; claws rather weak. 
Wings broad, much rounded, a little shorter than the tail; secondaries 
elongated, longer than the 2d quill; 5th and 6th quills longest, forming the 
middle of a gentle curve with the 3d and 4th on one side; the 7th and Sth 
on the other; 2d quill shorter than the 9th, and rather less than secondaries ; 
