

NOIITM AMKHICAX IIIKPS. 



01ivo-|iliiniV»<>ous nbovo ; h«'TU'afli dirifry wliito (not intor- 



niiit<'<l un tlio lireast); tiiipMl posteriorly with sulplitiry Cn<»t 



ochn-y) y«Ho\v ; wiii^'-liands palo asli. Win;,', 'i.J^O ; tail, '2J\''t ; 



culiiicn, .71); tarsus, .(».'{. JIab. J{ahaina.s. . var, ba Ii a m ens is .^ 



C P'irst quill miitii loii.i,'«'r than lilth (sonietimcs npial to fourth). Tail nnjrh 



>hortor than the Nvinj/. IJill iiimh siuallL-r, less Ut'pres.sed, and nioru triaiii;ular ; 



rii-tal hristk's ahoiit one half the l)ill. 



'). C. virens. Colors of ron'hn us var. huhnyneiisis, hnt rather more 

 olivaceous tiltove, and more distinctly tinned wilh sul[>hur-yello\v pos- 

 teriorly beneath. Lining of the winps, and axillars, without any 

 ochraeeous tinge; lower tail-coverts distinctly grayish centrally. 



Whitish of the lower parts not interrupteil on the breast. Wing, 

 3.40; tail, 2.00; culinen, .07 ; tarsus, .54. Hah. Eastern Province 

 of Tuite*! States ........ var, I'h-rns. 



Whitish of medial lower parts interrupted by a grayish wash 

 across the l)reast. Wing, .■].40; tail, 2 At') to 2.70 ; eulmen. .70; 

 tarsus, .54 to .")(!. Ilnh. Western Province of United States, south 

 throughout Middle America to Ecuador . . var. richar (lso}i i.^ 



^ Confojiffs {cnnh(tus var. '^ hthanwims, Rhyant. Einpilininx hahamntsis, PiitVANT, Li>t of 

 Birds of the Ildiaiiias, 1>,">!>, p. 7. Young with the cohtrs more ashy above, and less yellowish 

 iMnicatli ; the upper parts with feathers faintly tijtjK'd witli paler, causing an obsolete transverse 

 mottling ; two distinct bands on w ing of pale ochraeeous. 



Of the al»ove, caribtf ks, hisinniinh usis, and paUiilus are clearly to be referre(l to one speeies ; 

 the C hdhtnnrnsis also has many characters in common with them, and no violence would l)e 

 <l()iie by referring it, also, to the same tyiw ; it is, however, more moditied from the standard 

 tli;in :uiy of the others, th<»ugh the modilications are not of importance. 



- These measurements are not only those of United States an»l Mexi(;an examples, hut also of 

 Middit! Amuriean examples {^'' sunUdulns," ScLATKU, and ''j)h'bciu3," Cauaxis), and of a iicries 

 from Keuador and New (Iranada {= '^ fjiKji>f,/i.si^," Sci.ATEi:). In comparing a (piite large 

 mnuber of sueli Middle Ameriian and Eiiuatorial specimens with the laige series of Northern 

 examples, we have been utterly unable to ap])rei'iate even the slightest difference iM'tween them. 



The C. finnoisi.s (Lawk. Ann. X. Y. Lye. IX, 1S{][\ 2'.i7 ; Puna Island, (luayanuil) is founded 

 upon an immature sj»ecimen, so the characters of the species cannot be given with exactness. 

 Tlie relationship appears very close to the C cdrihaiix, tlu're being the same large, very depressed 

 bill, with the long bristles reaching nearly to its tij), and the tail about as long as the wing ; 

 while the upiM-r jdumage has the light faint transverse mottling seen in the young cnrihivus, var, 

 hiihnmcnsis, and the lining of the wing ochrac eous. In colors, however, the two are very dill'er- 

 ent, the young of j»ntrtisi.s l)eing ashy-green, instead of pure ash, on the batk, the crown very 

 nnuh darki-r, instead of not appreciably so ; the wing-bands .are white instead of ochraeeous, 

 while the breast and sid«'s are dull sulphur-ycdlowish, instead of ashy, without any yellow tinge. 

 The measurements are as follows : Wing, 2.60 ; tail, 2,60 ; eulmen, .72 ; tarsus, .56. 



The C. orhraccus, Sclater & Salvin (P, Z, S. 18G9, 419 ; Sai.v. Ibis, 1870, 11.')), of Costa 

 llica, we have not seen. From the description, however, it seems to l)e scarcely different from 

 C. hirpthris, and it is prolwibly the same. The size (wing, 3.30) appears to be a little smaller, 

 and the belly more deeply yellowish. 



