FKIX(iIM,ll).K TIIK KINCUKS. 



5,31 



sli<;litly foikcil, and inoilciiitcly iiniiidi'il liilcrally ; tlio luatlicis all annto. Cdlorsimu'what 

 as ill l'ii.i!ii'irii/n.i. 



This j^'i'ims diU'crs ('mm Pdxxiirii/ns, as statod in tlio (U'scri])ti(iii of tlio 

 species IiuIIkt dm. It wduld lie, tai<eii fur ricilnipliaius on accoii'.t ul' its 

 lengthened liind claw, wliicli, however, is more curved than in that j^cnns ; 

 the tarsi are much longer, the tertials less elongated, and tlie coloration dif- 

 ferent, tliough closely resenililiiig that of the female J'lccttvp/tuncs. liut one 

 siieeies has thus fur been recognized. 



Centronyx bairdi, r.\inn. 



BAIBD'S BUNTING. 



Emhcrhit ludrdl, Aii>. IMnls Am. Vll, 1S|:!, :i."i!i, pi. il. Ci/nnikiilus bainlt, linN. Syn. 

 185(1, 481. C'ciili-11,1,1..- Iiidnli, lUiiii), IJiril.s N. Am. I.SjS, 411. 



Si'. Ca.M!. Soiiii'wiiat siinilai- in ijcncr-al iiiipcMrancc tn /'n.i.in-rnhi.i siivdiniii. Hack 

 rrriiyisli, .■streaked Avitli dusky. Cniwii lU'Mi'ly ciivci'cd liy lijack streaks, liiil <livi(l(Ml liy 

 a liroad nifdian liand of Ijiowiiisli-ycllow. 

 Ky('li<ls and a Cainl siipciciliary slript> yi-l- 

 liiuish-wliitc. IJcncalli while, wilii a nia.K- 

 iiliirv lilackisli stripe and smne narrow 

 streaks (in the upper pait dl' the lireasi, and 

 sides of till' tlirnat ai: . liody. Outer edj;-es 

 and tips of tail-featliers white; the two 

 (inter feathers olisoletely white. ISend of 

 wing white. Luin^th, 1.75; wiiijr, '.i.lSI); tail, 

 2.20. 



Il.vn. Month of liie Yellowstone Uiver. 

 t)nu speeimt'ii only known. 



(Vntn'iij/,r hatf'Ut litin/. 



Tiiis s|)(H'ios has somewhat of the general apiiearauce of I'nn.'icrnihis 

 si'vanim, hut with imiiortiint dil'.eri'iicc^' lioth of form and color. The iiill 

 is nnicli longer, tind more slender in ])i'0])ortion. The wings are (piite un- 



usuidl}' long; tlie jirimaries more 

 than lialf an inch longer than tlie 

 tertiaries ; the first (|uill as h)ng as 

 till fourth, iind hut little less than 

 the second and tliird. The tail is 

 very short; the featlu'rs narrow 

 and ipointed. Tlie feet are large; 

 tlie hind claw very long and con- 

 sidcrahly cin-ved, as are the otlier 

 claws generally. 

 The s]ieeies was hasod by Mr. 

 Audubon on a skin iu'ougiit by him from the nioutli of tlie Yellowstone 

 Kiver, in \M'.\, in rather defective and worn plumage. Tliis has hitlierto 



Ctnlroniix bninli. 



