Hn.\(i|IJJI).|.; -TIIK KINCIIKS. ,,,, 



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:i;;s;::rr;a;: ■;;;::.-:„. ::- :::: s^zv— - - 



Tins genus is allin.l to tho Enropoan C.rn,,nv..,.., ....t .limns in wantin. 

 the curious expansion of the inner secondaries, us sh,.vn in Fi. 18 "f 

 Spee.es are sai.I to occur in Asia, but we have only two in AnierL -Z 

 peciihar to Mexico (//. ./..////), the other //. rrs/.rriim. 



The Aiuenean species may be tiuis distinguished : — 



Species and Varieties. 



...>h body ...mcolored, wth n.o,-.. .„• l.ss of u vvllowish ,i„... J> Body 

 iellowsl, „,oro o hvacoou.s ,.l,.,vo; no .hi,., at has. o(p,.i,nan..s. 9 nSy .. ^ 

 ^ .ncvly t.ngod with yellow ; a white .pot at I, J of ,n:u2. £.^Z 

 eggs unknown. ' '"'" 



Lf ^T^Tl^ ^- 'I""' ""^-•■'■-'— ■-•• -if' n .Vllow h-ontal ..,.es- 



," i' '•'-^;'-l'-»' P"'"l.- 9. Cown „hnnheons-h,.own ; a du.kv 



1. die down s.de of the tlnoat ; upper tail-eoverts tipped with a whke 



Yellow- frontal eres.vnt l„oad, as wi.le as ,1,.. l,la..k behind it; inner 

 webs of terfals partially blaek: seeondarie. an.l inn..- webs „f tail- 

 feathers tipped with white. /M. X,.,,„ern mountain regions of 

 United tMates and Ulterior of Hiitish Aineriea vnr res>ert ' 



Yellow frontal ereseent narrow, less than half as wide as the black '" "' 

 behind It; inner webs of the tertials without any l,laek; seeondaries 

 an.l nnier webs of tail-feathers without white tips. IM,, .qonthem 

 Rocky Mountains of United States, and niouiituiiis of Mexico. 



2 aabeUlii.. <?.ITeadentirely blaek. sharply define.1. ? . Crow^" i^J" ^ " " " 

 wliite tips. JIab. Mountains of Guatemala and Southern Mexico. 



Hesperiphona vespertina, Bonap. 



EVENING 6B08BEAX. 



Frii,gmave.y>a-fi,,o, fooiTli, Annals N..w York Ly,.p,im, N. H. I, „, 1825 g-'n (Snult 

 ^. Mail..). A,.n. Orn. Riog. IV. ,838, ni5 ; V, 23., pi. ..oelxxii .^..i: 'rJ^^ 

 (Uccnihramte.) vcspnihw. Hoy. Sy„. 1828, 113, - In. Am. Orn. II, „1 xv r, -1 

 llirn„sl,-s vcs,,n-lin.,, .Sw. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 209. _ Am. Bir.ls Am. 111,1841 ni 

 pi. .-ov,, //,..,yv.n>/,o„„ ,v.sv„.,7/»„. Box. ro,„pt..s I{..n.Ius, X.XXI, Sept. 18.50. 424"-' 

 UiiM, Birds N. Am 1858, 409. _Co..,.kr & S,vki,,,v, 195. -Co.,n,H, Or,.. C,,,' , 

 74. to,cMm.st,s hompavtii, Lk.s.s.)^, Ilh.st. do Z.,i,l. 1834, pi. xx.viv. O (.M,.lvill.' • 

 slan.l). /.„., ,„.,..pnrtu, T.kss. Bull. S... tab. xxv. ir..pn;>„L rr.,rrZy... Z 

 pntina, Kii„nvAY (new variety from Mexico and the .southern Uocky Mountuin.s). 



1 CoccothmmtesahaUn, S.l.vtku. Oatal. Am. K 123 (Ouiraca abeilUi, Lksson) 

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