KUI N(il LLID.K — THE FJN( 'I I KS. 5r)8 



ill the coverts to wliii-li it rosoited, tliat it wiis v»mv difHcult to IVuce il tn 

 rise oil till! wiii^, Mlifii mily it cmilil \n' pnu'iiri'd. Mr. Audulion did not 

 meiit with its iR'st, or yoiiiiji, iiiid they rciimin univiiown. 



Tins type siieeiniun was presented liy .hidiilH)!! to Trofessor IJaird. A 

 second was sent to the .Smithsonian Institution, i'lom Texas, by Dr. Lince- 

 ceuiii. 



Coturniculus passerinus, Hoxap. 



TELLOW-WINOED BUNTINO. 



FriiigiUa]jn3Si.'n'ii'i, Wii.scin, Am. Oiii. Ill, 1811. 7il, \i\. savi, I". 5. —Arn. Oni. l5io<;. II, 

 1834, 180 ; V, 4!»7, 1>I. exxx. Fiimjillii (S/iiyi) iHmerimt, Bos. Olis. Wils. 1825, 

 Xo. 111. Coliiniiculiis jKiswriitii, Ucix. List, 1838. — In. Consixrtus, IS.'iO, 481.- 

 HaikI), Hinls N. Am. 18.18, 450. — Samtkls, 305. /Ciiilicfizn /)(is.si:n,iti. All). Syii. 

 1839. — III. Binl.sAin. Ill, 1841, 73, Jil. ulxii. Ftinijilhi niirininniin, ((iM.) Xittai.i,, 

 Man. I, 1832, 404. In. (M ed.) 1840, 570. — ((isiKMS, Sy.st. Xiit. I. 1788, '.fJl /r 

 ? f FriiKji/lii iiittihcutit, Lath. IikI. Oin. I, 1700, 450. - XriT. Man. I, 183-2, 5li,". 

 f PiinniriiKi pni/iiisis, ViKll.LoT. Vol iin) kill lis lij-icriis, (Jossk. 



LocALrnK.s : Oaxaca, March (Sci,. 1859, 370). C.uateinnia (Sci.. Ilii.s, I, IS). Ciilia (winter, 

 loimiioii, '.'All. Jourii. IV, 7). (.'onta Hica (("All. .loiiru. VIII, 1800, 411 ; Lawi:. IX, 

 103). Vera Cruz (\vinti!r, Sit.m. Mimii. Ho.st. Soc. I, 552). 



Sp. Ciiau. Feathens of the upper part's l)ro\vni.>ih-rulbu.s or nlicstnut-lirown. iiiar^'iiK'il 

 narrowly ami abruptly with ash-color; reddest on the lower part of the back and ruiiip ; 

 the l'uather.s all abruptly black in the central portion; thi.s (>olor visible on the interscapu- 

 lar region, where the rufou.s is more restricted. Crown bhutkish, with a central and super- 

 ciliary stripe of yellowi.^h tinged with brown, brightest in front of the eye. llend of the 

 wing bright yellow ; le.'sser coverts tinged with greenish-yellow. Quills and tail-leathers 

 edged with whitish ; tcrtiaries much variegated. Lower parts brownish-yellow or buff, 

 nearly white on the middle of the belly, darkest on the juguliim. The feathers of the 

 upper breast .and sides of the body with obsoletely darker centres, the.se sometimes 

 wanting. Sides of breast against bend of wing with a few black streaks, usually con- 

 cealed. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 2.40 ; tail, .2.00. 



I'\B. Eastern United States; .south to Guatemala; .Jamaica, resident; Porto Rico. 



The young of this species liave tlie juguhnn and sides of the bresist 

 .streaked with black, much more distinct than in the adult, and e.xhiliiting a 

 slight resemblance to C. hcnsIovH. The ujiper parts are less varied. 



Specimens from the Far West have the bill more slender, the reddish of tlio 

 back considerably paler, the dark markings of the back restricted, the liglit 

 stripe on the head with scarcely any yellow, a deciiled spot in front of the 

 eye (juite yellow, and little or no ochraceous on the breast. 



Tlie young bird, with streaked jugulum, may be most leadily distinguished 

 from C. licndinoi by the grayer plumage without any shade of chestnut or 

 greenisli-yellow, the sparseness of stretiks on the side, the absence of the 

 two mandibular dusky stripes, and the broad dusky centres of the middle 

 tail-feathers. 



Quite a fine series of specimens from Jamaica and other West India Isl- 

 ands aftbrds ample material to judge of the validity of the C. tivicrioi of 

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