﻿124 
  Additions 
  to 
  North 
  American 
  Ornithology. 
  

  

  Length, 
  10^ 
  inches 
  ; 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure, 
  5^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  tail, 
  

   S|- 
  in. 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  f 
  in. 
  ; 
  bill 
  from 
  front, 
  If 
  in. 
  * 
  

  

  Obtained 
  in 
  "Western 
  Texas, 
  by 
  J. 
  "W. 
  Audubon, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  2. 
  Culicivora 
  atrieapilla 
  Swain., 
  Zool. 
  111. 
  n. 
  s. 
  t. 
  57. 
  

   Male. 
  Upper 
  plumage 
  bluish 
  grey 
  ; 
  entire 
  crown 
  glossy 
  

  

  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  dusky 
  brown, 
  edged 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  ; 
  tail 
  

   black, 
  the 
  lateral 
  feathers 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  webs 
  and 
  tips 
  white 
  ; 
  

   under 
  parts 
  pale 
  bluish 
  grey 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  dall 
  blue. 
  — 
  

   Female, 
  without 
  the 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4^ 
  inches 
  ; 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure, 
  2 
  in. 
  nearly 
  ; 
  tail, 
  

   2^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  tarsus, 
  f 
  in. 
  ; 
  bill 
  from 
  front, 
  f 
  in. 
  

  

  Collected 
  in 
  Texas, 
  by 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  P. 
  McCown, 
  U. 
  S. 
  A. 
  

  

  3. 
  Spermophila 
  albigularis 
  (Spix.) 
  Sw., 
  (Av. 
  Bras. 
  t. 
  60.) 
  

   Plumage 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  dark 
  ash, 
  with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  rufous 
  ; 
  

  

  top 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  black, 
  crossed 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  ; 
  tail 
  black 
  ; 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   grey, 
  tinged 
  with 
  dilute 
  rufous; 
  throat 
  greyish 
  white; 
  bill 
  

   black, 
  and 
  very 
  stout. 
  

  

  Length, 
  4^ 
  inches 
  ; 
  wing 
  from 
  flexure, 
  2^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  tail, 
  If 
  in. 
  ; 
  

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

  

  Procured 
  in 
  Texas, 
  by 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  P. 
  McCown, 
  U, 
  S. 
  A. 
  

  

  