("()I,IM1JII).K — TIIK PKiKONS. vj'j-tj 



Zeuaideae. Si/.c iiuKli'iali'. \Viiii,'s liMiu'thi'iu'il. iiciilc, ilic [iiimarios iiiiich 

 lonj,'t'r lli:\n llic souoiiiliirii's. Tarsus suult'llalc aiitciidil)'. A lilackisli s[)ot 

 boiieath tlic aiii-ii'iilais ; lail-l'callu'is ti|i|ii'il willi wliilc, and with a lilarUish 

 subtoniiiiial liar. Sides of the iii'ck w ilh a luclallir ltIhss. 



Bill lun^'tiic'liccl, iiiiich di'|ii('sst'd. A white paleh oil ihewilljr; lli> 

 blaek sjiots on the seapiilais ; phnnaj,'e ashy, li,L;hter lieneath. 'I'ail of 

 twelve I'ealiiei's, rounded ........ .\Mope!ia. 



Bill smaller, more eonipi'essud. No while patch on the wing; 

 scapulars with lilaek spots. .Vhovi' olivuecoiis, lieneath vinaeeou.s. 



Tail of twelve leathers rounded ...... Zi'iitihhi. 



Tail ol' rourteeii leathers, j^radnated or ciiiieate . . . Zeiiiiiiluru. 



Chamaepelieae. Size verv small. \Viiij;s rounded, the primaries seareely 

 longer than the tertials. Tarsus sentellale anteriorly. No lilaekish sjiot 

 bfiioath the aurieulars ; no nu'tallie gloss on sides of the neek. 



Tail of twelve leathers, lenglheiu'd (mueli longer than wings), donlily 

 rounded, the lateral feathers mneh shorter; the three outer pairs with 



white terminally Scdrda/ella. 



Tail of twelve leathers, short (luueh less than wings), simply roiiniled, 

 the lateral feathers only slightly shorter ; oi;ler feathers without, white 

 terminally, or with only a slight e(lgiug. Wiug-eoverts with oliliijue 

 black .spot.s, and body without transverse lilai'kish bars. 



Outside of the tarsus with a nairow feathered striji; lining of tlu! 

 \viiig blackish .......... Tiil/uicotil. 



Outside of the tarsus without a featheied strip; lining of the 



wing wholly nifon.s C/iunui'jielui. 



Starnoenadece. Size moderate (generally a little larger [\\i\u ZciKiidii) ; 

 form robust, or (piail-like. Legs very stout ; tarsi decidedly longer than 

 the middle toe, variously scaled anteriorly. Wings .short, very broad, and 

 Uiuch rounded, but the ]iriiiiaries decidedly longer than the secondarii's. 



Legs very stout ; tarsi covered with hexagonal scales ; crown blue : a 

 black gnlar patch, bordered below by white .... SliiriKriuis, 



Legs moderate I tarsi covered anteriorly with transverse .seulellie. 

 Crown never blue, and throat without black or white markings . (leotrijrion. 



The jfcneni charactovized abovo are till more tir k'.'ss nearly related to others 

 l»elon,!^iii>f to Smith iVinorica, and nniny ol' thcst; a])])an'ntly lorm coiniectini^ 

 links between the .several North American ones. Thus, " ColionhitKi" pinii, 

 (Jray (of Chili), and C.dirpilam (of l'ai'aj,niay), are almost exactly intermedi- 

 ate between t^ranfufc/ld and C/iama-pclio, both in form and colors. " Lvp- 

 toptUd" is in reality scarcely more than a very larne C/i((iiwpi/ii( with an nj)- 

 proach to Zrnnida in n^orc lenothened jiriiuaries, and to (•rnfri/i/nii in the 

 lengtlieneil tarsus. 



" Peristcin" vincrm is afjiun a slightly eidarocd reproduction of Cluimcv- 

 jH-lio, with the same pattern of cohmitioii, but withont rufous on the inside 

 of the wing. 



StKnunum and Cfeotri/i/on are nearly coimected by the ff. cliiri(/i((nsis, which 

 agrees with the genus to which it is referred in the scutellato tarsi, and with 

 Slariiiiman in tiie pecnlitir structure of the feathers of the neck, which have, 

 as in that " oonus," a still", compact structure, and rather raylike arrangement. 



