KKIXiJILMD.K TUK KINCIIHS. 



0<)l 



sliirlitlv forked, aiiid modcratrlv rouiub'tl lati'iallv ; tlif Icathrrs all lU'iito. C«il<»r sonu-what 

 as ill Passi'i-rnhis. 



This ^I'lms diUcis from /^/.s-.svr/v//;/.'?, a«^ statod in tlic (U'sori])tinn of the 

 species fartlirr mi. It would he taken for riatwphamx i>n {iccoiint of its 

 len^'tlieiieil hind, iluw, wii'ch, however, is more cui'vetl than in that ^cniis ; 

 the tarsi are niudi longer, the tertials U'ss eh)nj^ated. and tlie (.oloration (hf- 

 ferent, tlioui:!! closL'ly resenihlinLj that of the feniule I'lat/vjthunoi. iJut one 

 species has tiius far been reeo«;ni/,ed. 



Centronyx oairdi, IVmhr 



BAIBD'S BUNTINO. 



Einh,r'i\<i hiunli, Ari>. P.ir.ls Am. Vjl, Isirj, :',r,'j, pi. d. t',,furnt\i(lus buirdi, linN. Syn. 

 Ihjo, 481. Cent roil If. r Utii-iii, I5.vii;i), iJinl.s N. Am. l.^^J*. 441. 



8i'. Cii.m;. Soniewliat similai- in •jciHMal appearance t<> PasscrmlKs sdiuitina. iJack 

 gravisli. .-streaked with dnsky. Cmwii nemly covei-cd \>\ l.laek streaks, Imt divided l»v 

 a hroail median l>and <»t' Iiiitwnisli-yellow. 

 Kyeli<ls ami a faint .<Mpereiliai-y stripe yil- 

 lowisli-wliite. Beneath wliite. \\ iih a max- 

 illary Itl.'iekish stiipe and some nairow 

 streaks on the upper part of the hreast. and 

 sides of the throat and hodv. ( )iiter ed ire's 

 and tips of tail-leathers white; the two 

 outer leathers ohsolctely wiiite, I5end of 

 wing white. Leuprth, 4.7"); win;,'-, 2.80; tail, 

 2.*J0. 



IIai!. Mouth of" the Yellowstone Uiver. 

 One gpeeiinen only known. 



(', iilri'iij^x hainli, liiinl. 





This species has somewhat of the iiivncral ap]>earance of PoHiiercvhix 

 firtrnnna, htit with important dilfercnres hoth of form and color. Tlie hill 

 is much longer, and more slender in ])ro]>ortion. The win^s are (piite un- 

 usually lon^; the primaries more 

 than half an inch htn^er than the 

 tertiarics : the first (piill as long as 

 the fourth, and hut little less than 

 the second and third. The tail is 

 very short ; the feathers narrow 

 and ]»ointed. The feet are large; 

 the hind chiw very long and eon- 

 siderahly curved, as are the other 

 claws genei-ally. 

 The species was based by Mr. 

 Audubon on a skin brought by him from the mouth of the Yellowstone 

 Kiver, in 184)», in rather defective and worn phnnage. This has hitherto 



CtntronVT' bnirtli. 



