FUIX<iIM-ri).l'; — TlIK KIXCIIKS. 



05 



(Jkmh PYRRHT7LOXIA, Honai'. 



riirrhitloj-Hi, HoNAl'Al'.lK, Coiisiicitus, 1850, S(MI. (Typv, CnnliiKiIi.i siniirifiis, lli.s.) 



Gkn. CiiAit. Tlio bill is very sliort mul niiioli enrvcil, tlio culiiifii I'onnin^' iiii im: of n 

 (•iici(' of (i(» (li'fjrw's or iiinic, mill ending' iit ii rifrlit aiit,'li' with tlin striii>,'lil jroiivs; llio 

 uoiniiiissiuro alintptly mufli luiijulatL'il iiiiturior to tlio nostrils in its niiiUllc point ; the 



Pyrrhuloxin simiata. 



lower jaw very much wider than the npper, and wider ilian the jronys is Ion?; anterior 

 portion of connnissure straiijjht. Tarsns lonjier than middle Uw; onter laltMat toes lonjjer, 

 not reachiiif,' the base of the middle; wini,' eonsiderably ronnded, first (|uill lonijer tiiau 

 seeondaries. Tail much loi)j;er than the winjr, graduated ; the leathers broad, truncate. 

 Head crested. 



Color. Gray, with red feathers and pati.'hes. 



The essential cliaractev of this gemis lies in tlie greiitly curved, very slu)rt, 

 and broad bill, something like that of Pi/rrhiila. In other resjji'cts like 

 Cardinalis, but with less graduated wing, and longer and broader tail. 



Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, lioNAP. 



TEXAS CARDINAL. 



Cardimlis sdnmhui, \^v. Vi: Zoiil. Soe. Loud. V, 1837, 111 (Mexico). — Lawiiknci:, Aim. 

 N. Y. Lye. V, 1851, 116. — ('assin, lUu.st. 1, vii, 1854, 201, pi. xx.\iii. I'l/n-hiduxia 

 Kiniinta, Kn^i. Con.sp. 1850, 500. — BAiiin, Birds N. Am. 1858, 508. — HliicitM. X, 

 c. 16. — CooPKit, Orn. Cal. I, 236. 



Sp. CllAH. Head with an elongated, pointed crest, si)rin.<>ing from the erown. Ipper 

 parts generally pale ashy-brown ; hood, sides of neck, and under parts of body, rather 

 paler. Long crest-feathers, bill all round including loi-es and encircling the eye, wing 

 and tail, dark crim.son. Chin and npper part of throat, l)reast, and meilian line of the 

 belly, inider tail-coverts, tibia, edge and inner coverts of the wings, bright carmine- 

 red. Bill yellowish. Length, about 8.50; wing, 3.75; tail, 4.50. 



