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entrance was a covered ]ia.ssa<j;e, varying frmn six ti) ten inches in len>ith. 

 The Of^ys, six in nnmher, lie ilescrilied as beinjj; tit' a delicate salnion-cdlor, 

 very pale, and often so thickly speckled with ash and darker salmon-colored 

 ;i' its as to give (jnite a rich cast to the whole surl'ace of the (^gg. 



Lientenaiit Coucli met with these liirds near Monterey. He states that 

 they have a rich, powerful song. Of the nest he gives substantially the 

 same descrii)tioii as that furnished by Dr. Heermann. 



The eggs are of an oblong-oval shape, slightly more jtoinfed at one end, 

 antl are so etiually and generally covered, over a white giound, with fine 

 salmon-colored spots, as to present a uniform aud almost homogeneous 

 apjiearance. They vary in length from an inch to l.OL* inches, and have 

 an average breadth of .08 of an inch. 



Campylorhynchus affinis, Xanti;«. 



THE CAFE CACTUS WBEN. 



Vumpiihirhijiulius dtliiiis, Xanpis, I'l-. .\. N. Sc. ltS."i!», 'J'.KS ^Capo St. l.iicas^. 1!aii!1i, I'r. 

 A. N. Si'. lS."i!t, :i(i:t: \Wv. 1(10. Sci.. Cital, ISiil, 17, no. 1(18. • Ki.i.mr, llliist. 

 H. N. A. I, IV. I'diii'Kii, OiM. Cat. I, 1870, 02. 



Si'. ("ii.\i<. ('ap (if iu'ad icddisli-ljiowu ; tlio conifiiU'il ciMitrcs of fcatlu'r.*! dii.sky. 

 Rest iif iii>pi'r |)arl.< ^liiyi.-ili-lii'owii, nil the fi'iU.licr.'* of liody and S('ii(mlars with broad cen- 

 tral or .«lial1 streaks of wliilisli ('dL;i'd witii lilack; tlic slrcaks irrcu'iilar ill oiilliiii', on some 

 foaliiers nearly linear, in others wideiiiiiu: at intervals aloiij;' tin? shall. Outer weli.s of the 

 wiiig-fi^atliors cros.sed liy aliout seven rows of wliiti.sli seniieirenlar s[)ol.s, witii eorresjiond- 

 'm<( .series of more eirenlar ones on the inner \vel>. Tail-feathers lilaek, all of them with a 

 series of aliont eiylit (inadrale while spots on each well, which are allernate to each other, 

 not opposite, and extend from or near the lilaek shall to the e(l].;(' ; ihc; extreme lips of llio 

 feathers lilaek ; the two central fealhers, however, more like llie hack, with irregular niot- 

 tliiii,' of jrrayish and Mack. I'ltper tail-eoverts liarred transver.sely with Mack. 



Under parts white, I'aiiitly timred with rusty posterioily ; each feather spotleil with 

 lilaek, exeeptiiif;- on tin- imiiiacnlat(! chin. These spots are rather lai'L'er and more (piad- 

 rate on the Jiij;ii1hiii, where tiiey are sometimes on lii(> sidi's of the fealhei-s (on one 

 or liolh sides) ; posteriorly, however, they are eloiifxaled or lear-shapeil, and striinji- aloii;; 

 the shaO, one or two on each. On tli(? erissnni ihey are lai-jre and miieh rounded, three or 

 liiiir on each loil},'er feather. I,e;.:s rutiier dusky. Bill lead-color, pale at the base below : 

 iris reddi.sh-browii. A broad while slrijie from bill over the eye aii<l nape; eiliji'd 

 above and below with black; limj liehind the eye like the crown ; cheek-feathers while, 

 edired with blackish. 



Jmmalnri! siiceimeiis exhibit, a lelideiicy to n whitish spollim; in the ends of the fealhers 

 of the cap. A very yoinifi; bird does not, however, diller materially, except in haviiij; tin; 

 spots less distinct bencalh, the white streaks less coiispicnoiis iibove, the while of the 

 win;;s soiletl with riifoiis. iSpeiimeiis vary considerably in Ihe pro|)orlioiial as well as 

 alisoliite lliickiipss and leie.rlh of ihe bill ; thus, No. It'2,l(i7 measmes .80 liuui nosiril to end 

 of bill, instead of .(10, as ui\en below for No. I'i.lHI'i. 



12,iMi,"i. Total lennlli, 7.o" ; wiii^r, .'1..10; tail, ;i.lO ; iis jjradnalion, .(."i; exposcil portion 

 of lirst primary, 1.4'-', of second, 'J.l.'i, ofloii^;csl, or foiirlh (nieasnreil from exposed ba.se of 

 first primary), I'.b'i; lenglh of bill lidin loichead, .!l(>, from nostril, .(iO; along gape, 1.07; 



