<liiskv : loivs aii<l suli-orl>ifjil iT<_rioii lik*' tin- sn|H'niliai y striix*; auriculars pale iMownisli 

 like lilt' crown. lioiiIrn'M aloiij; the iiiipn- and lower r*\\sr with a dusky Ujirrow stripe. 

 IJeneatli white, shirhtly tinir<'d with ashy on the thinks: sicK's of the throat, whole l»r«'ast. 

 side.*;, and Hanks, with narrow streaks of sandy-hrown. more iilaekish toward the shaft ; 

 alidoineii, erissinn, and lininir of t'ne winir. innnaeulate; throat with a lew uhniite sjweks, 

 htit aloiii; eaeh side bordered Ity a '* l>ridle" of siillused stnraks. 



^. (Collectors Xo. 1,744. Ipswirh, Ma>s. iN-e. t. ISdS; C. .1. Mayiiard.) Win- 

 .'5.'-'."); tail. 'J.dO; eidinen. .4.'> ; tarsus. .!».") ; niidille toe. .SO ; hind elaw, .4(». 



9. (Collect. .r's \o. (;.'J4.'). Ipswich. Ort. 1."). 1S71 : C. .1. M.) \Vin<:, I'.J'O; tail. •J.4(); 

 cnlnuMi, ..'»(>; tarsus, .80 ; nnddle toe, .<;.'» : hind claw . .;iO, 



(Collector's No. (;.*J-_'*, Ipswi.li. (Jet. 14. 1S71 : C. .1. M.) Wintr. o.OO; tail. -J.iUt ; cnl- 

 nuMi, ..")(>; tarsus, .Sr> ; middle toe. .<»0 ; hind claw. .ot>. 



Tlio Rjterinien.s «lescril»0(l mImivc wrro at first sii|»]m»s«m1 t(» \\v ('(nfron)/j' 

 lufirtfi, liavinir sevt'ial points of rcst'inl^laiu't' to that sjiecics, a (*oiii|(;iiisou 

 witli the tviKi in Professor liaird's colUntion at lirst failing to establish a dif- 

 ferenee, as it was in faded and inm-li worn siunmer ]»liiinai,'e, wliih' the Mas- 

 sachusetts speeiniens were in ])erfe(*t, IjlentU'd fall dress, so that a satisfaitorv 

 comparison was almost inipossihle. A more recent e.xaminatiiai, h(»wever, 

 with the advantauji' of two additional s|»eciniens of the Massachusetts hird, has 

 fully convinced Mr. Mayuard that his specimens are not Vintrouji.r Imirdi, 

 and that, indeed, they are referrihle in all respects to the j^enus J\fssf)r(//us. 



In carefully examining the type of ('itifnuif/.r hainii, it is seen that its 

 char.u'teristic features are the followin<4: Outstretched feet reachino; hevoii<l 

 the end of the tail ; hind claw as long as its digit, and much ciu'ved ; — whereas 

 in Mr. ^laynard's specimens the outstretched feet reach to only ahoiit the 

 mitldle of the tail, while the hind claw is nuu'h shorter than its digit, and 

 onlv sliiihtlv curved. With a wino- .10 to .45 of an inch hmuer, they have the 

 tarsus not any h)nger, and ]»roportionally more slender. In coloration they are 

 still more dillercnt. The most strikitiij feature in C. hi'mli is a hroad and 

 very conspicuous median stripe of ochraceous-hulf on the crown, hordered on 

 each side hy an aggregation of hhu'k streaks, which form the ])redominating 

 color of the lateral strijjcs ; of this median strijie there is scarcely any trace 

 in the s])ecimens under consideration, while the crown Lifuerallv is ornvish- 

 brown, with small dusky streaks; ('. hairdi has hroad, cons])icuous, hlack 

 stripes on the back, while P. lunifiun'tU has obsolete sandy-brown ones ; in 

 6'. hairdi there are onlv a few small streaks of black across the iuLjidum 

 and along the sides and flanks, while in P. nuff/turrJi the whole breast, as 

 well as the sides and Hanks, are thickly streaked with l»roader marks of 

 sandy-brown. 



In point of coloration, as well as in the feet, there is in reality a nnich 

 closer resenddance io P(fs.'<r)rnhfs rosfnffi'.^ ; but in this the very different 

 bill and different arrangement of markings are sutftcient distinctive chamc- 

 ters. 



lJj)on the whole, therefore, there can be little doubt that the present birils 

 are well entitled to the name whicii Mr. Maynard has given thciii ; for after 



