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  Ascriptions 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Birds, 
  ^-c. 
  

  

  Length 
  13 
  in., 
  wing 
  6 
  in., 
  tail 
  6 
  in., 
  tarsus 
  1,V 
  in., 
  bill 
  

  

  Li 
  in. 
  

  

  6. 
  Icterus 
  cucullatus. 
  Swainson. 
  Front, 
  throat, 
  back, 
  

   wings 
  and 
  tail 
  black 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  plumage 
  orange 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   wing 
  coverts 
  with 
  white 
  bands. 
  Length 
  8 
  inches. 
  

  

  7. 
  Cardinalis 
  sinuatus. 
  Bonap. 
  General 
  color 
  dark 
  ash 
  ; 
  

   front, 
  throat, 
  under 
  lining 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  breast 
  and 
  thighs, 
  

   light 
  Vermillion; 
  crest 
  long 
  and 
  pointed, 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  red, 
  darker 
  

   at 
  the 
  end, 
  wings 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  edged 
  with 
  dark 
  red, 
  tail 
  

   brown, 
  tinged 
  throughout 
  with 
  dull 
  red, 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts, 
  

   white, 
  marked 
  with 
  light 
  vermillion, 
  bill 
  very 
  stout. 
  Length 
  

   9 
  inches, 
  wing 
  4 
  inches. 
  

  

  8. 
  Centurus 
  elegans. 
  Swain. 
  Crown 
  red, 
  front 
  and 
  hind 
  

   head 
  yellow, 
  back 
  banded 
  with 
  white 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  band, 
  upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  white, 
  central 
  

   tail 
  feathers 
  black, 
  outer 
  brown 
  with 
  white 
  ma'rkings, 
  

   under 
  plumage 
  ash, 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

   Length 
  '$>\ 
  inches. 
  

  

  9. 
  Columbaflavirostris. 
  "Wagler. 
  Head, 
  neck, 
  upper 
  part 
  

   of 
  breast 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  lesser 
  wing 
  coverts 
  reddish 
  purple, 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  and 
  scapularies 
  umber 
  brown, 
  tail 
  black, 
  

   abdomen, 
  lining 
  of 
  wings 
  and 
  lowef 
  part 
  of 
  back 
  slate 
  blue 
  ; 
  

   wings 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  Length 
  15 
  inches, 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure 
  

   8 
  inches. 
  

  

  10. 
  Ortalida 
  vetula. 
  Wagler. 
  This 
  bird, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   Mexican 
  Pheasant, 
  is 
  common 
  throughout 
  Central 
  America. 
  

   Head, 
  dark 
  ash, 
  back 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  breast 
  olive 
  green, 
  

   wings 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  color, 
  except 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  primaries, 
  which 
  

   are 
  rufous 
  brown 
  ; 
  tail 
  dark 
  green 
  terminating 
  in 
  white 
  ; 
  

  

  