Descriptions of Six New Species of Birds. 455 



XXXIX. — Descriptions of Six JVew Species of Birds, of tJie 

 Families Charadrid^, Trociiilid^, and Caprimulgid^. 



By Geo. K. Lawrence. 

 Kead February 10th,"1862. 



1. Aegialifis tenuirostris. 



Female. Crown, occiput and Lack cinereous, the feathers with grey- 

 ish-white margins ; wing-coverts somewhat darker than the back, the 

 ends of the larger coverts white, forming a transverse bar on the wing ; 

 primaries umber-brown with the inner webs lighter, except at the end, 

 and having the shafts white ; the secondaries are of the same color as 

 the primaries and tipped with white ; tertiaries paler and largely marked 

 with white ; scapulars ashy-brown, lighter on the inner webs and having 

 both webs crossed with rather obsolete narrow brown bars; the middle 

 upper tail coverts are pale ochreous-brown, the lateral ones white ; the 

 four central tail feathers are light ochreous-brown at the base, becoming 

 darker towards their ends, the other tail feathers are white, those next 

 the central ones being pale ochreous at the end ; .front, a line over the 

 eye, cheeks, a collar on the hind neck, and entire under plumage pure 

 white ; a semi-collar of ashy-brown on each side of the upper part of the 

 breast ; bill black with a small space at the base of the under mandible 

 dull orange ; irides black ; tarsi and toes purplish-black. 



Length about 6| in. ; wing 3^ ; tail If ; bill from front ^ ; tarsi ||. 



Habitat. — Cuba. 



This species is allied to A. melodus, but is rather smaller ; the 

 bill is longer, depressed at the base, and regularly tapering to 

 the end where it is comparatively sharp ; in the latter it is quite 

 obtuse and very different in form ; there is less white on the 

 quills, with more on the tail, and the tarsi are longer than those 

 of A. melodus. 



This specimen belongs to the collection of Dr. J. Gundlach, 

 who sent it to me for examination, as probably new, accom- 

 panied by the following note. 



