l'IUN(i[l,LII).K_TlI|.: FrxniLX r.1 



')4 1 



dusky: lores a„.1 snl,-..,l.ilal nyion like th.. supoiviliniT slri,...; auriclars |mI.. l„nw„i.l, 



hketlu. .TowM, lM,nl,.n.,l .lon.u Ih- „,,p,.r ,n„l lo«vr ..,|,v will, a ,|uskv tow strip,. 



n.M„-atl, wh,„., sl,,-l„lv (i,,,v,l will, „sl,y „„ th.. Ih.„ks: si.i.s ..f ,1,.. ,|,,„,;, wl,„|,. 1,,....,., 

 si.l,.s,a,„l (lanks, w„h m„,t„w slr,.ak.s ,.1' san,ly-l,r,.WM, nmro hla,.kisl, i„war,l tl„. .|,.,|, • 

 I'l- om,.„, cnss,,,,,, a,„l li„i„n. .,r ,l,„ „.i„j,, i„„„a,.„lat,.; tl.n.at with a U.w ini,,,,... s,'„.,.k.' 

 i'lit ah.iio; ,.a,.h si,lo bonier,.,! I.v a " hri.il,. " ,,f siilliis,.,! stn'aks. 



^^ (Coll....,„r's X.,. 1,7.14, Ipswi,.!,, Mass. I),.,.. 1. ISdS; , '. .1. M„v„„,,.) \vi„... 

 .i.-.; taikJ.(.(l; ,iihiioii, .4..; tarsus..!).-,; iiii,l,ll,. I,,,.. .S(l ; hjml .law 4(t' 



9. ((;.>ll..(.t.,r's X„. (V_'4,1, Ipsw h. (»,.t. 1,-., 1S7I ; C. .1. M.) \Vh,^^ _'.!.(.; tail •'4..- 

 eiiliiuMi, ...(I; tarsus, .85; i„j,l,ll,. t.M, .(!.-,: hiii.l ,. law. .:!(!. ' "' ' 



(C„l!,.,.t„r's X„. (VJ24, Fpswi,!,. (),.|. 14, 1S7I : ( '. .1. M., Wi,,. ;j.,)0; „ul li.K.- ..„). 

 nifii, .,!(); tarsii.s, .85; mi, Ml,, t,,,.. .(it); hill,!, .law. .:!!). ' 



TI.e ai.ecimen.s <lt"scril.o.l t.lM.ve w.to at first, supiM.,...,! t.. be ('n,troH>p- 

 hairdi, luivinu. sevon.l points „f n.,^,.ml.la.ia! t.. that s,aHm.s, u I'Mniimiisuu 

 with the typi! m l'r,.te,H.s,„. IJainl's .■ull(...ti..n at (irst railin.ir t,. .stal.li.sl, a .lif- 

 terence, as it was in laiUul and iiiucli \v„n, suinmcr i)lunia^r,., wl,il,. n.e .Mas- 

 sacliusotta specimens w.to in i.erle.^t, l.len.le.l fall .Imss, .so'tiiat ti satisfattory 

 .'oinparison was almost imi.ossil.le. A mure recent examination, l.owrver, 



with the a.lvanta,y;."ortwo additional specimens oftlieMassaelmsettslnr,] lias 

 full.y convinced Mr. .Alaynard that his specimens are not Cnih-oin/.r iJirdi 

 and that, indeed, they are relerrihle in all respects to the ofims J'assnni/as ' 

 In careliilly cxaminin^r tJie typo of ('rnfn»i>/.r hairdi/M is seen that its 

 cliara..teristic features are the iollowin-: Outstretched feet reachin- In^yond 

 the end of the tail ; hind claw as Ion,- as its digit.and much curved ; — whereas 

 in ]\Ir. IMaynard's specimens the ontstretclied feet reach to only ai.oiit the 

 middie of the tail, while the hind claw is much shorter than its di"it and 

 only slightly curved. With a wiii^; .1 (I to .4r. of an inch loiiL^er, they laive the 

 tarsus not any longer, and im.portionally more slender. In colorati.ui they aiv 

 still more dideront. The most strikin,iv feature in V. hamli is ti l.ioad and 

 very conspicuous median stripe ..f ochrace.ais-hnir on the cn.wn, lumh-red o'l 

 each side by an aggregation of black streaks, which form the predominating 

 color of the lateral stripes; of this median strijie there is scarcely any trace 

 in the specimens under consideration, while the crown generally' is -.rayish- 

 brown, with small dusky .streaks; (I hainii has broad, conspicuous, black 

 stripes on the back, while P. nmipmrdi has obsolete sandy-brown ones; in 

 a hairdi there are only a few simdl stretiks of black atiross the juguliun 

 and along the aides and flanks, while in /'. mnniKirdi the whole I'.ivast, as 

 well as the sides and flanks, are thickly streaked with laoader marks'of 

 sandy-lu'owii. 



In point of coloration, as well as in the feet, there is in reality a much 

 closer resemblanc(! U^ Ris^nrnlm ws/mfii.'^; but in this the v(.ry' diflerent 

 bill and dilieront arrangement of markings are sullicient distinctive charac- 

 ters. 



Upon the whole, therefore, tiiere can l)e little doubt that the present birds 

 are well entitled to the name, which Mv. Mayiiiird has given them ; for after 



