﻿Descriptions 
  of 
  netv 
  species 
  of 
  Birds, 
  (^-c. 
  115 
  

  

  striped 
  with 
  linear 
  spots 
  of 
  white 
  ; 
  wings 
  dark 
  brown, 
  spotted 
  

   with 
  white, 
  two 
  central 
  tail 
  feathers 
  light 
  brown, 
  with 
  bars 
  

   of 
  a 
  darker 
  shade 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  tail 
  feathers 
  arc 
  dark 
  brown 
  con- 
  

   spicuously 
  marked 
  with 
  pure 
  white 
  spots. 
  Length 
  8^ 
  in., 
  

  

  wing 
  of 
  in. 
  

  

  Female 
  smaller, 
  and 
  similarly 
  marked, 
  but 
  the 
  colors 
  not 
  

  

  so 
  pure. 
  

  

  3. 
  Pijrocephahis 
  rubineus. 
  Bodd. 
  Muscicapa 
  coronata. 
  

   Gmel. 
  A 
  very 
  beautiful 
  Flycatcher, 
  head 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  under 
  

   plumage 
  bright 
  vermillion 
  ; 
  back, 
  wings, 
  and 
  tail, 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

   Length 
  5|- 
  in. 
  

  

  4. 
  Cyanocorax 
  Yucas. 
  Bodd. 
  Corvus 
  Peruvianus, 
  

   Gmel. 
  In 
  this 
  handsome 
  Jay 
  the 
  prevailing 
  colors 
  are 
  green 
  

   and 
  yellow, 
  instead 
  of 
  blue, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  our 
  species. 
  

  

  Front 
  white, 
  crown 
  blue 
  ; 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  eye, 
  throat 
  and 
  

   neck 
  black 
  ; 
  back, 
  wings, 
  and 
  under 
  plumage, 
  light 
  green 
  ; 
  

   central 
  tail 
  feathers 
  dark 
  green 
  ; 
  under 
  wing 
  coverts, 
  vent 
  and 
  

   outer 
  tail 
  feathers 
  yellow. 
  Length 
  12-^- 
  in. 
  

  

  5. 
  Quisealus 
  macrourus. 
  Swain. 
  This 
  species 
  exceeds 
  in 
  

   size 
  the 
  Great 
  Crow 
  Black 
  Bird. 
  (Q, 
  major)'; 
  Male. 
  Head, 
  

   neck, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  under 
  plumage 
  glossy 
  violet 
  

   blue, 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  metallic 
  bluish 
  green, 
  wings 
  black 
  

   glossed 
  with 
  green, 
  tail 
  black 
  and 
  much 
  graduated 
  ; 
  iris 
  yel- 
  

   low, 
  bill 
  and 
  legs" 
  black. 
  

  

  Length 
  ISi- 
  in., 
  wing 
  7i 
  in., 
  tail 
  8^ 
  in., 
  tarsus 
  2 
  in., 
  bill 
  

   above 
  1| 
  in. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  above, 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  

   light 
  rufous 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  over 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  

   back, 
  under 
  tail-covcrts 
  and 
  sides 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  glossed 
  

   with 
  green, 
  wings 
  and 
  tail 
  dark 
  umber 
  brown, 
  breast 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  rufous 
  brown 
  ; 
  throat 
  and 
  neck 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color, 
  

   but 
  much 
  lighter 
  ; 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  black. 
  

  

  