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in the coverts to wliicli it resoitiMl, tliiit it was very diffieult to ion-c il to 

 rist' on the winj^^, when only it cmihl lie prmuri'd. Mr. AiKhiltoii did not 

 niei't with its nest or you 111;, and they remain unknown. 



This tyjH* siM'cinien was presented hy Auihihon to Professor liaird. A 

 second was sent tu the Smithsonian Institution, Ironi Texas, by Dr. Lince- 

 ceuui. 



Cotiirniculus passerinus, liOXAr. 



YELLOW-WINGED BVNTINO. 



Fi'iiKjilla j>nss,:rl,ii, Wil.s..v, Am. Urn. Ill, IvSll. 7«», ].l. xxvi, i". .'>. — Arn. Orn. Hio;,'. 11, 

 1S34, ISO ; V, 4!»7, i»l. cxxx. Fiiiujilht {.Sjhz<i) jHusserina, Bon. <)1»s. Wils. 1825, 

 Xo. 111. CofKrtiiciilu.s fnis.se It na, IJox. List, 1838. — I B. ronspi-etiis, 18".0, 481.-- 

 lUinn, liinls N. Am. 1858, 450. — Samikls, jjo5. Emheriza jHisscri.oi, Aid. Svn. 

 Is:i9. - - Ib. Birds Am. 1 11, 1841, 73, pi. clxii. FriiujiUa stframirain, (G.M.) XiTTALr,, 

 Man. 1, 1832, 404. In. ('2i\ ed.) 1840, 570. — ((Imklix, Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 1)210 

 <> ' Fritiffifla cufolacHtu, Lath. Ind. Orn. 1, 17lMi, 45i«. - Xrrr. Man. 1, 1832, 50.". 

 > Piimrina pn'f' nsis, ViKlLLi»T. L'oitinikuhis tiiicrua, (Jossk. 



LoCALiTiK.s : Oaxaca, March (8cL. 1859, 370). Guatemala (Scl. Ibis, 1, l.s). ('iil)a ^wiiit.r, 

 common, «.Ab. Journ. IV, 7). Co>ta Kica (Cab. .Tourn. Vlll, 1800, 411 ; Lawi:. I.\, 

 103>. Vei-a Cruz (winter, Su.m. Mem, Best. Soc. I, 552). 



Sp. Char. Feathers of the upper part.«! brownish-rufous! or chestnut-hrown. mar<;ine(l 

 narrowly and abruptly with ash-color; reddest on the lower part of the back and nnnp; 

 the feathers all abruptly black in the central portion; this color visiV>le on the interscaj.n- 

 lar region, where the rufous is more restricted. Crown bhukish. with a central and supi-r- 

 ciliary stripe of yellowish tinged with brown, brightest ni front of the eje. Bend of the 

 wing bright yellow ; lesser coverts tinged with greenish-yellow. Quills and tail-teathers 

 e<lged with whitish ; tertiaries much variegated. Lower narts brownish-yellow or buft'. 

 nearly white on the middle of the belly, darkest on the jngulum. The feathers of the 

 upper breast and sides of the body with ob.soletely darker centre.s, the.-^e sometimes 

 wanting. Sides of bieast against bend of wing with a few black streaks, usually con- 

 cealed. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, .2.00. 



Hab. Eastern United States ; south to Guatemala ; Jamaica, resident ; Porto Rico. 



The young of this species have the jiiguhim and sides of the breast 

 streaked with black, much more distinct than in the adult, and exliihiting a 

 slight resemblance to C. henshwi. The upper parts are less varied. 



Specimens from the Far West have the bill more slender, the reddish of the 

 back considerably paler, the dark markings of the back restricted, the light 

 stripe on the head with scarcely any yellow, a decided spot in front of the 

 eye quite yellow, and little or no ochraceous on the breast. 



The young bird, witli streaked jngulum, may be most readily distinguished 

 from C. henshici by tlie grayer plumage without any shade of chestnut or 

 greenish-yellow, the spai-seness of streaks on the side, the absence of the 

 two mandibular dusky stripes, and the broad dusky centres of the middle 

 tail-feathers. 



Quite a fine series of specimens from Jamaica and other West India Isl- 

 ands atibrds ample material to judge of the validity of the C. tkcicrui^ of 



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