﻿Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Species 
  of 
  Birds, 
  of 
  the 
  Genera 
  Toxos- 
  

   TOMA 
  Wagler, 
  Tyrannula 
  Swainson, 
  and 
  Plectrophanes 
  

   Meyer. 
  By 
  Geo. 
  N. 
  Laavrence. 
  Head 
  8tli 
  Sept., 
  1851. 
  

  

  ToxosTOMA 
  Le 
  Contei. 
  

   Le 
  Conte's 
  Mocking 
  Bird. 
  

  

  Specific 
  character. 
  Light 
  cinereous; 
  tail 
  brown; 
  bill 
  

   slender 
  and 
  much 
  curved. 
  

  

  Description. 
  The 
  entire 
  upjoer 
  plumage, 
  including 
  the 
  

   wings, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  pearly 
  ash 
  ; 
  tail 
  brown, 
  the 
  outside 
  feather 
  

   ash 
  °grey 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  web 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  ; 
  under 
  surface 
  

   light 
  ash 
  ; 
  throat 
  white 
  ; 
  sides 
  and 
  under 
  tail 
  coverts 
  pale 
  

   ferruginous 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  brownish 
  in 
  the 
  dried 
  specimen. 
  

  

  The 
  feathers 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  soft, 
  silky 
  texture 
  ; 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  

   longer, 
  not 
  so 
  stout, 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  curved 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  T. 
  

   curvirostris 
  Sw. 
  ; 
  tail 
  cuneiform. 
  

  

  Length, 
  10 
  inches 
  ; 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure, 
  3| 
  in. 
  ; 
  tail, 
  4f 
  m.; 
  

   tarsus, 
  U 
  in. 
  ; 
  bill 
  from 
  front, 
  1\ 
  in. 
  ; 
  4th 
  quill 
  longest— 
  3d, 
  

   4th 
  and 
  5th 
  nearly 
  equal 
  ; 
  1st 
  quill 
  U 
  in. 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  4th. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  California, 
  near 
  the 
  junction 
  

   of 
  the 
  Gila 
  and 
  Colorado 
  rivers, 
  by 
  John 
  L. 
  Le 
  Conte, 
  M. 
  D., 
  

   whose 
  name 
  I 
  wish 
  it 
  to 
  bear, 
  as 
  a 
  tribute 
  to 
  his 
  deservedly 
  

   high 
  reputation 
  for 
  scientific 
  acquirements. 
  

  

  Tyrannula 
  cinerascens. 
  

   Ash-colored 
  Flycatcher. 
  

  

  Upper 
  plumage 
  cinereous 
  olive, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  crown, 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  marked 
  in 
  their 
  centres 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   ear 
  coverts 
  bluish 
  ash 
  ; 
  upper 
  tail 
  coverts 
  tinged 
  with 
  pa.e 
  

  

  SErT., 
  1851. 
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