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XORTII AM KIM CAN HIRDSi. 



liirij;e»r tliaii in the nnidart'tcs TIktc is, iinlctMl, no similarity between the 

 two egi^s. They measure .SS by lis of ;ui inch. 



Gems CHONDESTES, Swafxson. 



Cf)»ii(U'sfe.% 8WAINSON, riiil. Ma-;. I, 1^27, i'S't. — In. Fauna Ror.-Ain. 11, 1831. ('Y\\u: 

 Chnndtsf>s fifrifjatus, i>\\,'., i'iixiid to Friiifjillii (jrunuiuica, iiA\.) 



<^KN. Chah. Bill swulN'ii ; Itotli <^»iitliiit's ;i«'iitly curv<*<l ; the lower iiiandiMo jis high as 



the upper; the eunuiiissure aiigii- 

 -^ — ~ lated at the b.ose, and then sliirhtlv 



sinuated. Lower iiiandil»le rather 

 narrower at the l»a>e than the leni^'th 

 of tile gonys : broader tlian the 

 upper. Tarsi moderate, about etjual 

 to the middle toe ; lateral toes equal 

 and very shoit, reaehinjr but little 

 l>eyond the midtlle of the penulti- 

 mate joint of the middle toe. and 

 falliuir eonsiderably short of the 

 base of middle elaw. Wings, long, 

 pointed, reaching nearly to the mid- 

 dle of tlie tail ; the tertials not 

 longer than the seeondarie.s ; the 



first quill shorter than the second and third, which are equal. The tail is moderately 



long, considerably graduated, the feathers rather narrow, and elliptically rounded at the 



end. 



Streaketl on the back. Read with well-delined large stripes. Beneath white, with a 



pectoral spot. Only one species recognized. ' 



C*ionileSt'x ^rammara. 



Chondestes grammaca, Bonap. 



LABK SPABSOW. 



Frimjillri gramvincfi, Say, in Long's Exped. R. Mts. I, 1823, 139. — Bon. Am. Orn. 1, 

 182."), 47, pi. V, f. 3. — Aid. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 17, pi. occxc. Chondestes grmmmtca , 

 Bon. List, 1838. —Ib. Conspeetns, 1850, 479. — Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1858, 45t). — 

 CooPEii & SucKLKV, 200. — Maynaud, Birds E. Mas.s. 1870, 112 <Mas.saohu.setts). — 

 CooPEit, Orn. t'al. I, 193, Emherizu gnrmmacit, AuD. Synopsis, 1839, 101. — Ib. 

 Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 03, pi. clviii. — Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 343. CJvondestcs 

 striffiitm, Swainson, Philos. Mag. I, 1»27, 435. 



Sp. Char. Hood chestnut, tinged with black towards the forehead, and witli a median 

 stripe and superciliary stripe of ilirty whiti.sh. Rest of upper parts pale grayish-olive, the 

 interscapular region alone streaked with dark brown. Beneath white, a round spot on the 

 upper part of the breast, a broad maxillary stripe cutting off a white stripe above, and a 

 short line from the bill to the eve. continued faintly behind it, black. A white crescent 

 under the eye, bonlered brjow by black and l»ehind by chestnut, on the ear-coverts. Tail- 

 feathers dark brown, the outermost edged externally and with more than terminal third 

 white, with transverse outline ; the whit-.' decreasing to the next to innermost, tipped 

 broadly with whit<'. I -iiglh. O inches ; wing. 'i. 30. 



