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NORTH AMIilflCAN HIItDS. 



liu'i^LT lliaii in tlio rinii/niittii>i. There is, indeed, no similarity between the 

 two eggs. Tliey nieasnre .SH by .ti.S of an inch. 



r>r,r,i S 



Gkni's CHCNDESTES, Swaixson. 



Cl(,)ii(h:i/cs, SwAlNsoN, riiil. Mii'i- '. I''*-'', 435. — In. Kiiuiui Bor.-Aiii. II, 1831. (Tyi)c. 

 f'hamlish.i .ilriijiidis, Sw,, (Mnial to Fn'iiijiHii ijnuiuiidca. Say.) 



CIkx. CuAii. Bill .swollen ; l)Otli outlines frciitly curved ; liie lower iiiiiinlihlu as liiph as 



liie upper; the eoiiiiuissui'e aniru- 

 lateil at the ba.se, and then sliirhtly 

 siuuateil. Lower luaudilile latliei' 

 narrower at the lia.se than the leniftli 

 of the j,'onys ; broader than the 

 upper. Tarsi nioderate, about ecpuit 

 to \\w middle toe ; lateral toes e(|ual 

 and very short, reachinj; but :ittlu 

 lieyoud the middle of the peiiulti- 

 uiate joint of the middle toe. and 

 falling eonsiderably .short of the 

 base of midille i^law. AVings, lonp;, 

 pointed, reaching nearly to the mid- 

 dle of I he tail ; the tertials not 

 longer than the seeondaries ; the 



first quill shorter than the seeuiid and third, which arc equal. The tail is moderately 



long, considerably giadnati-d. the li'atliers rather narrow, and elliptically rounded at the 



end. 



Stieaked on the back. Head with well-delired large stripes. Beneath white, with a 



pectoral spot. Only one species recognized. 



Chiiivhsl' N unninnnni. 



Ghondestes grammaca, Bonap. 



LABK SPABBOW. 



Frinijilh fjrfiminiioi, Sav, in I.mig's Exped. K. Mts. I, 1823, 139. — Bon. Am. Orii. 1, 

 182'), 47, ]il. V, f. 3. — Ain. Oni. Hiog. V, 1839, 17, pi. cirxe. Chnn'k.i/rs (jmmmaat, 

 Box. List, 1838. — In. C'onspwtu.s, 1850, 479. — Baiiiu, Birds N. Am. 1858, 4.5(5.— 

 L'ooi'Kii & SrcKi.KV, 200. --Mavxaud, Birds K. Mass. 1870, 112 (Massachusetts).— 

 Cooi'Kit, Oni. t'al. 1, 193. Embcriza tjiinnimicii, AuD. Synopsis, 1839, 101. — lu. 

 Birds Am. Ill, 1841, 03, pi. clviii. — Max. Cab. .lour. VI, 1858, 343. Clwndestcs 

 stri'iiitK.i, SwAlx.soN, I'hilos. Mag. 1, 1827, 435. 



Si'. CuAH. Hood chestnut, tinged with lilack towards the forehead, and with a median 

 stripe anil superciliary stripe of dirty whitish. Rest of upper parts pale grayish-olive, the 

 interscapular region alone streaked with dark brown. Beneath white, a round spot on the 

 upper part of the breast, a liroail maxillary stripe cutting off a white stripe above, and a 

 .short line from the liill to the eve. continued liiintly behinil it, black. A white crescent 

 under the eye, btu'dered lielow liy black and behind by ehestimt, on the ear-coverts. Tail- 

 feathers dark brown, the outermost eilged externally and with more than terminal third 

 white, with transverse outhne ; the whit'; decreasing to the next to innermost, tipped 

 broadly with white. Length, (i inches ; wing. ."i. 30. 



