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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



piivpose of identification, sliould eitlier species present itself, we give 

 diagnoses in the accompanying foot-note.^ 



Genus CONURUS, Kuhl. 



CiDitu'iis, Kflll., C.'on.si>. I'sittiic. 1, Ibao. — In. Nova Acta K. L. C. Acad. X, 1830. 



Gks. Ciiau. Tail long, conical, and pointed ; liill stout; cheeks featlici'cd, but in some 

 species leaving a naivcd ring mnnd the eye; cere I'euthcied to the base of the bill. 



The ])rcceding diagnosis, though not very full, will serve to indicate the 

 essential chaiacteristics of the genus among tlie Middle American forms 



Cnmtrtis rnrtiliii/nxis. 



with long pointed tails, the most ])rominent feature consisting in the densely 

 feathered, not naked, cheeks. Ikit one species helongs to the United States, 



' A. Tail long<'r than tin' wings ; loics and checks inikcd ; the latter with narrow lines 



of .small I'ciiihi-is. 



S. militaris. firci'u : foivln-ad reel ; pristcrioi' ]iwti(in (if Ipaik, njipcr and under 

 tail-cnvcits with ipiills and tip of tail, sky-lilne ; under side of tail dirty orange- 

 yellow. Wing, U.(Mt : middl,. tail-feathers, l.''..no ; tarsus, 1.08. I/al). North- 

 western Mexico to liolivia. 



.'fynonyniy : Puii/iims nii/i/nn'-i. Link. S. X. 1707, 139. Sitlacc militaris, 

 FiNsc 11, Die Papageien, 1, 18(17, It'./O. 



B« Tail aliont e(|ual to the wings ; lores and checks feathered. 



S. pachyrbyncha. (!reen ; the forehead, edge of wings, and the tihiiB red ; 

 greater under wing-coverts yellow. Wing, S.OO to 10.00 ; middle tail-feather, 6.50. 

 Ifcih. Southern Mexico (.lalapa and Anf;angueo), given jnolmhly erroneously from 

 the Rio Orande of Texas. Synonymy: Mntrncrrcus ji<iehiirh}nichus, Sw. Syn. Eirds 

 Jfex. in Philos. Mag. T, 1S27, 4.'i9, No. 70. Itlinnchnpni/la paclii/r/ii/iiclia, Ro.v. 

 Tahleau des Pciroipiet.s, I{(?v. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, 140. Sil/acc pdrhjirhynclM, 

 FiN.scii, Die Papa';eien, 1, 18(17, I'iW. l\lliti<-i(s pitachi, Waoleu, Isis, 1831, 524. 

 PsilliieMs stri'Hiii s, Liciir. Preis-V(n'Z('ichiKS, 1830. 



