PH ANOPEPLA. 415 
The crest of this species appears longer than in cinereus; the 
tail is very differently shaped in the great prolongation and acute- 
ness of the central feather (almost one-half longer than the lateral), 
and the graduation ef the rest, instead of being nearly even. These 
feathers, too, are narrower. The outer quills appear rather less 
attenuated. The principal difference in color consists in the yellow- 
ish-green of the head and neck all round, relieved only by the gray 
of top of head ; the ring round eye yellow, not white ; the encroach- 
ing on flanks and front of belly of the yellowish-green ; the lozenge- 
shaped rather than rectangular patch of white on tail feathers, ete. 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex | vyateri 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Received from |* Collected b 
Not No. | Age.| y Collected. y 
30,500 17 .. | San Jose, C. R. sh Drv As Ve RranezZias. |e tenets 
33,290 ne 3 be J. Carmiol. 
33,291 se a oe fer: ae pe 
35,245 sa @& | Rancho Redondo, | Aug. 6,’64. 8 
35,246 =: g et see 
Spl ed Beal ite: ‘“ Aug. 17, ’64. “ 
PHAENOPEPLA, Scuarer. 
Phainopepla, Scuater, P. Z. 8. 1858, 543. (Type Ptilogonys nitens, Sw.) 
Plumage rather compact: in the male glossy. Head with a narrow elongated 
occipital crest. Wings pointed, reaching about to middle of tail. Spurious 
primary large, broad; more 
than half second, which is 
about equal to seconda- 
ries; 6th quill longest; 
5th, 4th, and then 3d suc- 
cessively shorter; the lat- 
ter rather shorter than 
7th; end of quills not 
attenuated nor pointed. 
Tail longer than wings; 
somewhat fan-shaped ; 
rounded at end; not 
emarginated ; the feathers 
very broad, and widening 
behind. 
Bill not very wide ; nos- 
irils with overhanging 
membrane ; frontal feath- 
ers bristled, and reaching 
to hinder edge of nostril; rictal bristles extending to anterior edge; both tips 
of bill notched. Tarsi about equal to middle toe and claw, or a little longer ; 
distinctly scutellate anteriorly ; one or two indistinct divisions on outer side 
r| Phaenopepla nitens, ScuaTrR. (Arizona.) 
