166 Descriptions of New Species of Birds. 



in the male ; the under surface and tail coverts, dull rufous 

 intermixed with brown on the throat and neck ; the breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail coverts with bars of dai'k brown, much 

 narrower and more numerous than in the male. 



Length of male (skin), 83 inches; wing, from flexure, 61; 

 tail, 31 in.; tarsus, h in.; bill, from front, T 5 g in.; wide at 

 base, -, 4 g in. ; middle toe and claw, {£ in., outer -/V in., hind T s g-in. 



Fern, length, 84 in. ; wing, from flexure, 6£ in. ; tail, 3f in. 



Habitat. — Cuba. 



The male above described was sent me recently by Dr. J. 

 Gundlach, of Cardenas ; it was labelled C. virginia?ius, which 

 it much resembles, although I saw at once that it was a distinct 

 bird ; it is smaller and much handsomer, the colors being 

 brighter and more decided, the rufous tints predominating, 

 which in the other are grey. 



The female I received some months since, also from Dr. 

 Gundlach, who thought it the young of C. virginianus. I 

 wrote him it was not that species, and probably an undescribed 

 one. Having made a comparison of it with the male speci- 

 men recently sent, I am inclined to consider it the female of 

 the same species, though apparently in an immature stage of 

 plumage ; it is less than the male, whereas fully adult females 

 of this family are the largest. 



There is but one species of this Genus recorded as an inhabit- 

 ant of Cuba, which is given as C. virginianus. Whether the 

 one now described is the only one, and has heretofore been 

 mistaken for it, I am not able to decide, but think it probable 

 that C. virginianus is also to be found there. 



I have conferred upon this species the name of Dr. Gundlach, 

 as a testimonial of the zeal with which he is investigating the 

 Ornithology of Cuba. 



