﻿Descriptions 
  of 
  neiu 
  species 
  of 
  Birds 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  ConiroS' 
  

   trum, 
  D^Orb. 
  et 
  Lafr., 
  Embernagra, 
  Less, 
  and 
  Xantkor- 
  

   nus, 
  Briss., 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  List 
  of 
  other 
  species 
  not 
  hereto- 
  

   fore 
  noticed 
  as 
  being 
  found 
  ivithin 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States. 
  By 
  Geo. 
  N. 
  Lawrence. 
  Read 
  28th 
  April, 
  1851. 
  

  

  CoNIROSTRUM 
  ORNATUM. 
  

  

  Chesnut 
  Shouldered 
  Warbler. 
  Plate 
  Y. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Specific 
  Character. 
  Uead 
  yellow, 
  general 
  color 
  cinere- 
  

   ous, 
  lesser 
  wing 
  coverts 
  bright 
  chesnut. 
  

  

  Description. 
  Front, 
  crown, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  throat 
  

   dull 
  yellow, 
  the 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  orange 
  at 
  base, 
  a 
  

   dusky 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  bill 
  and 
  the 
  eye, 
  wings 
  cinereous 
  

   brown, 
  primaries 
  and 
  secondaries 
  narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  white, 
  

   tertiaries 
  with 
  broader 
  margins 
  of 
  light 
  brownish 
  ash 
  ; 
  tail 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  as 
  the 
  wings, 
  the 
  outer 
  feather 
  

   narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  white, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  with 
  grey, 
  

   the 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ornamented 
  with 
  a 
  spot 
  of 
  bright 
  ches- 
  

   nut 
  red, 
  under 
  wing 
  coverts 
  white 
  : 
  the 
  upper 
  plumage 
  dark 
  

   ash, 
  lighter 
  on 
  the 
  rump, 
  where 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  are 
  

   lightly 
  marked 
  with 
  yellow, 
  under 
  plumage 
  greyish 
  white. 
  

  

  Bill 
  dark 
  brown, 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  bluish 
  lead 
  color. 
  

  

  Length 
  4^ 
  inches, 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure 
  2J 
  in., 
  tail 
  2 
  in., 
  

   tarsus 
  t 
  in., 
  bill 
  above 
  ^^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  which 
  I 
  examined 
  agreed 
  in 
  plumage 
  and 
  

   were 
  probably 
  males. 
  

  

  "[Embernagra 
  rufivirgata. 
  

  

  Brown 
  Striped 
  Olive 
  Finch. 
  Plate 
  V. 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Specific 
  Character. 
  Above 
  olive, 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  rufous 
  brown 
  

   runs 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  nape, 
  when 
  it 
  

   is 
  intersected 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  stripe 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  which 
  

   begins 
  at 
  the 
  eye. 
  

  

  