﻿Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Birds, 
  ^c. 
  113 
  

  

  Description. 
  Upper 
  plumage 
  greenish 
  olive, 
  a 
  broad 
  stripe 
  

   of 
  rufous 
  brown 
  commences 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tipper 
  mandible 
  

   runs 
  along 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  and 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  nape, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  joined 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  which 
  

   commences 
  at 
  the 
  eye, 
  between 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  stripe 
  beginning 
  at 
  

   the 
  bill, 
  which 
  is 
  greyish 
  white 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye, 
  over 
  and 
  

   beyond 
  it 
  ash, 
  a 
  dusky 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  bill 
  and 
  the 
  eye, 
  eye- 
  

   lids 
  whitish, 
  a 
  small 
  space 
  of 
  grey 
  on 
  the 
  forehead, 
  close 
  to 
  

   the 
  bill 
  ; 
  wings 
  olive 
  brown 
  margined 
  with 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  under 
  covering 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  yellow, 
  

   tail 
  olive 
  edged 
  with 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  ; 
  it 
  consists 
  of 
  twelve 
  

   feathers, 
  and 
  is 
  graduated, 
  shafts 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  and 
  tail 
  feathers 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  on 
  their 
  outer 
  surface, 
  inner 
  white 
  ; 
  plumage 
  

   beneath 
  cinereous, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  wings, 
  

   lighter 
  on 
  the 
  breast, 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  tinged 
  with 
  pale 
  rufous 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   mandible 
  light 
  brown, 
  lower 
  pale 
  yellow 
  and 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  

   point 
  ; 
  legs, 
  feet, 
  and 
  claws, 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  Sex 
  not 
  

   known. 
  

  

  Length 
  6 
  inches, 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure, 
  2f 
  in., 
  tail 
  2| 
  in., 
  

   tarsus 
  ^ 
  in., 
  bill 
  from 
  front 
  ^ 
  in., 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  f 
  in., 
  

   hind 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  f 
  in. 
  nearly, 
  4th 
  primary 
  longest, 
  3d, 
  4th, 
  

   and 
  5th 
  nearly 
  equal. 
  

  

  Xanthornus 
  affinis. 
  

  

  Lesser 
  Orchard 
  Oriole. 
  

  

  Adult 
  male. 
  Head, 
  neck, 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  deep 
  

   glossy 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  and 
  tail 
  brownish 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  

   margined 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  breast, 
  abdomen, 
  lesser 
  wing 
  coverts, 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  back, 
  and 
  tail 
  coverts, 
  dark 
  chesnut 
  red 
  ; 
  

   greater 
  wing 
  coverts 
  black, 
  edged 
  with 
  reddish 
  white 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   mandible 
  black, 
  lower 
  blue 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  dark 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  and 
  feet 
  bluish. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  male 
  has 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  

  

  