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leivn.v h,.tw,.,.„ first and niiill, priMmry. L'". : l,.M^MlM.n,ill r,„M, lo.vlM.ml, .-.:,; li-.m. 

 nustnl,..i4; nlm,- nnpc, .Ni; wi,|tli, ..".S; i,„-s,i, ..-,.); inHl.llc tor ,m,l .law, .711 ; ,.l,iw aloiif. 

 .'J I; hind loc lunl claw, ..Vj ; claw alone, .li'i. 



I-hmfr (I7,7;J(», .M,.nic Wnic, Cnlm, .May li ; (J. \Vn,i,hi). AIm.v sIc..|-M,i,., less flossy 

 lliiin ni llic male, and Urmuuu-^ liislivl,.ss .lark sniolvy-hi-own ..n the lorehead Head 

 lalei-allyan.l I.^mmIIk wilh jn-nhini and sides, nnifonn l,r..wnish-i-av (with.,„t darker 



sIimKs „r !if.i,ler l.or -s to feathers, as i„ .„/,/..) ; whole aluloiuen, anal rcfrion, and criss,,,,. 



snowy-white, ineludin- ll„. shafts. Wiii^, .V-lil; tail, '.'^sil ; fork of tail, .70 deep. 



_ Von,,, n,.,h (l(),;!(;,S, Cap,, K|,„.i,|a, May IS, IS.'.S; f}. Wmdt mn). Si,„ilar to the 



leniale, l.iit th.' st,.el-hlne above nmre hrillianl and c.iiliinioMs, the forehead and win..-s 

 beni- nearly as lustr.Mis as the hark ; throat, and JnMnlmn mixed with .steel-Mne lealheis 

 .m.lerwsMUi with so,,,.. i;.alh..is .,f sl.M.|-hl„.. honleiv.l with whitish, \Vi„.^ ,:,4U- fiii' 

 2.!)(); r.M'k ..f fail, .8(1 ,I,.,.p. 



IIaii. (•,,ha, an. I Kloiida K.'vs? (P.'ihaps Ualianias.) 



Tlii.s species litis ti close e.Kteiiiiil ivseiiihliiiin" to /'. snhi^, fur wliidi it has 

 usiiiilly been iiiistiikcii. It is ..f iictrly the same si/e, iiiit tlu; feet tire disimj- 

 liortioimtely siimller iin.l weiiker; while Mie wiiigs are shniter, the tail is as 

 loiit,' tiii.l more deeply IWike.l ; tlu! letttliers ennsi,|,.fal,ly i,aiT..\v,.iMiii.l more 

 iittemiated (the outer .40 wi.le, iiisfeiid of .4(1). Thi; eulois al.,)ve aiv iii.,ri 

 hrilliiiiit, luid e.xteiid more over the ,i,'reiiler wiiiir-eoverts and liiiino „f wino-s, 

 while the (piills and tiiil-ieiithers have ii richer j-lo.ss of i.urplish" chiinoii",o' 

 to ,e;reeiiish. An .ipptirently o-ood diiiono.stic feittiire is the coiicetiled pure 

 whitt! of the feiithers al.oiit the anal reojons, ivplaced in .sv/A/.s l,y orayisii, 

 rarely iipproximatine; to whitish. 



A I'mpie eoUecteil i.y Mr. Wri-lit, at Monte Verde, is duller in color than 

 that from IJemedios, lint has .still more coiicaleil white l.elow, in the median 

 portion, not only of the anal feathers, l.iit of tlio,se of the entire cri.ssiun and 

 of the belly. A female bird, which I presume to be the same species, can 

 sciircely be <listinj,'tiished from the female of (hynrnnrensU, except in the 

 brownish shafts of the lonoer cri.s.sid feathers, and an almost imiu-rceptible 

 tin-e of brownish in the webs of the .stinic feathers. It is tdmost e.Ktictly 

 like the /'. Inuv(jiisl,'r of Mexico and Central America. 



This species is included in the North American fauna in eoiise(pi(.iice of 

 the capture of a specimen (Ko, l(),;!(iS ^ j,n:, May l.S, I.Sn.Sj at Cape Flor- 

 ida, which is with scarcely a doiilit refertil,le to it. This spinmiien is a 

 youn- male in its second year, so thtit it is ditiicult to ascartain positively 

 Its relationshii. to the two idlied s])ecies ; but tis it a-rees perfectly in its pro- 

 portKms with vr!iptolcHm,-Am\ its j-himaoe dillcrs from the corresponding (uie 

 ot suhi>i m essential respects, we Iitive little hesitation in referriii-.- it to the 

 for liter. " 



Nothing distinctive is recorded as to the habits of this bird. 



