AMl'iaiD/K-rilK CIIATTKRKItS. ,^, 



the li,.nts of tl.e Unitel States, altlu.unl. sevontl ..tlu.r.s occpy adjac.ut tor 

 nUny in Mox.co. yove.al a,, p.ouliar to isla..,!, of tl.e We.st ludi" 



llu, only two speci.-s d.-sc-ly relal ■! to the M. lo.rnsnuliavo. the M "nnkohr 

 ^^oU^nrus, wh.h heh>n, to aex.eo. They n.ay he distin.u.^dt 



^ An ocl.n..ous band across base of .econclanes an.l uppov pn -i,.. ..o„spic,.o,.s ,.„ o„te,. 



No och.-ac.-<.ns on ouUt wol.s of si...,„ul,u-ic.s and priniai-i..s 



IZ.TTT/, 'u'' """ "'"^^ ■■"'^■""""- "'^"^' -^ ^--"' ->'V. top of bead 

 lcop^^.ta>b. //„/.. Mountmn.sof.M..xicoan.lGn...tc.mala; Tres Marias" Island. 



Myiadestes townsendi, Cabax. 



TOWKSEHD'8 SOUTAISE. 



Ptiliogonys townsendi, Aud. Oni. Hid.r V .],s>». .jnis ,i , c . ^ 



erenees s. Bi.,.s X. An,. 3.U-"xI;.Z;;k' i '-r;:"^' ^b ...fr"'"; "^f 

 82. Culicivova towns. Die Kav. N. V Zoiil H 184411 ./ ' , 'W'"-^ '^^'I'" ^""'• 



l\, 110 (IJi. lol.). — Cooi-Eli, Oiii. CuL I, 1870, l;!4. 



tbinl'.w'";',.'^''" '""r';'""'!'y '■"■■'^■'■''- Exposed portion of spurious .p.ill loss tban one 



wi b ^ r"';' '' '■ '""''"'"''• ''"'"'• '"•""'"' ' "'"•'->'■ ^vinsr-coverts wbito. Quill 

 brown,sb,v..llow l,a,- at ,b. base ofbotb webs n.ostly eoneealed, but .low^" a 

 little below tbe jrieater eoveits an.l alula-; tbis sueceedod bv a bar of d,w Vv ...„.". 

 .t anotber of b,wnisl,-,eHow aeross the outer webs of J l^^X^' Zl 

 .ppo w.tb wb.te. Tail-fea,la.rs 1- brown ; tbo n.iddle ones n.ore like t c b Jk • it 



round tbe eve. Lenjrtb, 8 niches; wninr, 4.50 ; tail, .3.85. (S -KU ) 



Younjj hir,ls have a lar«e triangular ,.ale-ochraceous li.rht spot on the end 

 of each feather (rather paler below, bonnded e.xternally by a narrow boiXr 

 of blacki.sh ; the (pnll and tail feathers a.s in the adult. 



Haihts. The Hrst specimen of this somewhat remarkable bird was shot 

 by Captain Brotchie, at Fort (leoroe, Astoria, and presented to Mr. Townsend 

 and by the latter ,.ven to Mr. Audubon. For some tin.e this remained unique, 



and S:!Sr"'"'"" ''^^^™"' '^"'"' ''-'■ ^^'- ''■'- ^-«' '■''■ ^'^- ^«"trul ^lexico 

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