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intersciipulnr re},'ion streaked with lilaek. A snperoiliary ami maxillary lino, chin and 

 lliioat. mill central lino of nnih-r ]iarts lioni llie breast to erissiuii, white; the e(lj,'(! of the 

 win^i', iiMil a {.'loss on the breast and middle of belly, yellow. A blaek spotted lint^ from 

 the lower eoiiier of the lower mandible down the side of the throat, coimeetinjf with a 

 crescent ol' streaks in the npper edye of the slate portion of the breast. Length, 5,7'i ; 

 wing, "2.80; tail. 2.U(!. 



IIaii. Chester County, Penn. But one specimen known (in the Mus. Smith.). 



It is still a question whether this is a distinct species, or only a variety 

 of E. anwrtciOKi. Tliere i.s, however, little ground lor the last supposition, 

 altliotigh its nirity is a mystery. 



The original tyite specimen of this species, collected by Dr. J. K. Town- 

 send, still continues to be the oidy one known, and hits been presented by 

 its owner. Dr. K. Michener, to the Smithsonian Institution. 



H.\nri".s. Only a single sjiecimen of tliis ajipareutly well-marked species 

 has been observed, and nothing is known as to its history. The bird wiis 

 shot by Mr. J. K. Townsend, in an old field grown up with cedar-bushes, near 

 New Garden, Chester Co., Penn., May 11, 1833. 



Genus HED7MELES, C.vii.v.vis. 



I Ooniaphcii, Bowd. " Kxiurs. iu Madeira, 182r>," .Vjjassiz. (fype, Lojcia lutloviciana, ac- 

 cording; to Cray.) 



Hahia, lii'.icHKNii. Av. Syst. Nat. 18,')0, pi. .x.xviii. (TyP'S L. ludovidana; not Uabia of 

 bivssox, l,S;il). 



llci/i/mcks, C.viiAMs, Mus. Hein. IS.'Sl, 153. (Same type.) 



Gkx. Ciiah. Bill very larfre, nnieh swollen ; lower mandible scarcely deeper than the 

 upper; feet almost coo- 



cothrausline, t;: si and 

 toes very short, the elaws 

 stroufr and much curved, 

 tlioufi'h blunt. First four 

 primaries longest, and 

 nearly eipial, abruptly 

 loufi^er than the lil'tli. 

 Tail broad, perfectly 

 squai-e. Colors: IJlack, 

 white, and red, or black, 

 cinnamon, yellow, and 

 white, on the male ; 

 the females brownish, 

 streakecl, with the axil- 

 lars and lininpj of the 

 winfif yellow. 



Hrilytnelrs mdanocrphalus. 



There seems to be tibundant reason for se]iarating this genus from 

 Guiraca ; the latter is, in reality, nnich more nearly related to Cjftmospiza, 

 it being impossible to define the diviiling line between them. 



