CATirAHTID-K — THE AMEIMCAN VrLTUUE8. ;.54;j 



as \v(!ll as ill tlio Santa Lucia raiij,'e, and aiv louiid lliore tliroiigliout the 

 year, hut in giiMtcr nuniixTs IVniii .Inly to Nuvoniher. 



All ogg uf tliis speuios, in liiu collection of the Smithsonian Institution 

 ('J,!)8o), from San JJal'acl, California, olilained liy Dr. ('. A. Canlichl, incasiiivs 

 4.4(1 inciics in length by L'..''* in breadth. It is of an chmoatc-oval shape, but 

 is deciilcdly more pointed at the smaller than at the kryer end. In color it 

 is of a uniform pale greenish-blue, almost an usliy yreenish-wlute, and with- 

 out spots. 



(iio 



IMS RHINOGRYPHUS, IJidgw 



i',,//„nic-i, Aver, (in iwrt). (T.v|ii', i'lilhd- (iki-h, \..) 



AV. 



liK.v. Chau. Sizt' inciliiiiii (:ilii)iit viywA lo Xco/i/irai,). ihc wiiitrs and tail well devcl- 

 o|km1. th,. ivmi-cs very l.m.u- and lar^c. Head ami u|i|mt iK.rlion .if llii; neck naked; tja. 

 .<kin .-iinoolh, or nicivly wiiiikl.'d ; a .sciniciicular paleh (if anlror.M' liri.^^llo.-; InMbiv the eyo. 

 SosUW very lai-v. xvilli liolii i-mU luoadly lonndcd, occiipyinjr the wiiolo cC liic iia.sal 

 orilii'f. I'cn- coiitraeted anirrioi'ly. and as d(H'|. a.s hroad ; lower maiidilile nol .-o deep as 

 tiie npiier. Plnnia-e Ix-innin.;' -radnaily on llie neek, with liroaii, ronnded, nornial U'ulli- 

 eis. Ends oC primaries reaeiiin.i,'' beyond tiie end of the tail; third or fourth nuill loimvst ; 

 outer live with inner wehs appnviahly sinuated. Tail mueh rounded; mid.Ue loe .^liu'lilly 

 longer than the tarsu.s. Sexes alike. 



U. num. '4 nut size. 



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/i. fiurrnfiiiinrs. (\^.) 



li. num. ( '.,'.) 



Tlie species of this genus are only two in number, one ol' them {aura) ex- 



