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  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Species 
  of 
  Birds. 
  

  

  Tufous 
  ; 
  the 
  throat, 
  neck, 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   clear 
  bluish 
  grey 
  ; 
  abdomen, 
  sides, 
  inner 
  lining 
  of 
  wings, 
  and 
  

   lower 
  tail 
  coverts, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  wings 
  dark 
  umber 
  brown, 
  the 
  

   primaries 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  margins, 
  the 
  secondaries 
  and 
  ter- 
  

   tiaries 
  with 
  white 
  margins 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  quill 
  feathers 
  have 
  their 
  

   inner 
  webs 
  edged 
  with 
  pale 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  mar- 
  

   gined 
  with 
  greyish 
  white, 
  forming 
  two 
  bars 
  across 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  

   tail 
  even, 
  the 
  outer 
  web 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  feathers 
  greyish 
  white, 
  

   the 
  others 
  with 
  their 
  outer 
  v/ebs 
  umber 
  brown, 
  the 
  inner 
  w^ebs 
  

   of 
  all 
  ferruginous, 
  terminating 
  in 
  brown, 
  except 
  the 
  two 
  cen- 
  

   tral 
  feathers, 
  which 
  are 
  entirely 
  brown 
  ; 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  black. 
  

  

  Length, 
  7f 
  in. 
  ; 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure, 
  4 
  in. 
  ; 
  tail, 
  3f 
  in. 
  ; 
  

   bill 
  from 
  front, 
  f 
  in. 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  i 
  in. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  T. 
  crinita 
  Linn., 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  

   it 
  in 
  size 
  ; 
  the 
  colors 
  are 
  much 
  paler 
  below, 
  and 
  no 
  green 
  in 
  

   the 
  upper 
  plumage 
  ; 
  the 
  bill 
  is 
  more 
  slender, 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  

   depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  rufous 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  tail 
  feathers 
  terminate 
  

   in 
  brown, 
  whereas 
  in 
  " 
  crinita," 
  they 
  extend 
  entirely 
  to 
  the 
  

   end. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  P. 
  McCown, 
  in 
  Western 
  Tex- 
  

   as 
  ; 
  it 
  frequents 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  streams. 
  

  

  Plectrophanes 
  McCownii. 
  

  

  R¥F0¥S-WING-ED 
  LaRK. 
  BuNTIN©. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  upper 
  plumage 
  is 
  pale 
  rufous 
  ash, 
  each 
  feather 
  

   marked 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  with 
  brownish 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  grey- 
  

   ish 
  white 
  extends 
  from, 
  the 
  bill 
  over 
  the 
  eye 
  ;. 
  &ides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  

   brownish 
  asli 
  ; 
  primaries 
  and 
  secondaries 
  dusky 
  ash, 
  with 
  

   margins 
  of 
  greyish 
  white; 
  tertiaries 
  brown^ 
  with 
  lighter 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  ; 
  lesser 
  wing 
  coverts 
  marked 
  with 
  rufous 
  ; 
  two 
  central 
  

   tail 
  feathers 
  dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  paler 
  edgings 
  ; 
  outer 
  tail 
  feath- 
  

   er 
  white, 
  lightly 
  marked 
  with 
  pale 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   outer 
  web 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  white 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  length, 
  ter- 
  

  

  