﻿Additions 
  to 
  North 
  American 
  Ornithology. 
  123 
  

  

  minating 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  throat 
  and 
  abdomen 
  greyish 
  

   white 
  ; 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  sides 
  under 
  the 
  wings 
  

   ash, 
  tinged 
  with 
  pale 
  rufous 
  ; 
  bill 
  almost 
  white, 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   brown; 
  legs 
  pale 
  red. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  the 
  dried 
  specimen, 
  5f 
  inches 
  ; 
  wing 
  from 
  flex- 
  

   ure, 
  31 
  in. 
  ; 
  tail, 
  2 
  in. 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  \\-'\n, 
  ; 
  bill 
  from 
  front, 
  f 
  in. 
  

  

  The 
  1st 
  and 
  2d 
  quills 
  longest, 
  and 
  equal. 
  

  

  It 
  gives 
  me 
  pleasure 
  to 
  bestow 
  upon 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  my 
  friend, 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  P. 
  McCown, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A., 
  from 
  whose 
  col- 
  

   lections, 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  southwestern 
  frontier, 
  many 
  new 
  birds 
  

   have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  our 
  Fauna. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  Capt. 
  McCown 
  on 
  the 
  

   high 
  prairies 
  of 
  Western 
  Texas. 
  "When 
  killed, 
  they 
  were 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Shore 
  Larks. 
  Although 
  procured 
  late 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring, 
  they 
  still 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  their 
  winter 
  dress 
  ; 
  in 
  

   summer, 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  they 
  assume 
  the 
  gay 
  and 
  ornament- 
  

   ed 
  plumage 
  of 
  their 
  congeners. 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  North 
  American 
  Ornithology. 
  

   By 
  GrEo. 
  N. 
  Lawrence. 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  

  

  1. 
  Centurus 
  Santa-Cruzi 
  Bonap. 
  Pr. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1837, 
  p. 
  16. 
  

  

  Adult 
  male. 
  The 
  back 
  is 
  transversely 
  banded 
  with 
  black 
  

   and 
  white 
  ; 
  wings 
  and 
  wing-coverts 
  black, 
  conspicuously 
  

   barred 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  crown 
  and 
  occiput 
  light 
  crimson; 
  front, 
  a 
  

   band 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  neck 
  and 
  abdomen 
  orange 
  yellow 
  ; 
  rump 
  

   white 
  ; 
  tail 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  feathers 
  ; 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  throat 
  and 
  breast 
  olive 
  grey. 
  

  

  