398 



NOIITII AAIEHICAN BIRDS. 



Gexl-.s ORTALIDA, Meruem. 



Of Orfalula, as clmracterizo.l above, Afessrs. Sclater and Salvin enumerate 

 e.gl.teen spec.es; like tl.e rest oi the ianiily, all American. Of these only 



37977 J V^' 



Ortaliffa maccaUi, 



one has so far been detected withh, our limits, although it is by no means 

 improbable that the 0. rolloccj,haIa,Wa.^lov (Sclater and Salvin, Pr. Zool 

 hoc. 1«7(), o3 /), may yet be detected in New JMexico or Arizoua.^ 



Ortalida vetula, mu: maccalli, Daihd. 



THE TEXAS CHACALACCA. 



Ortalida rctiila, Lawuv.sue. Ann N Y I.vi> v is-,i m; ,v i. n , 



I.S, ,830 1112 a.l 1831. 517.)- S,.,. & S....V. P. Z. S. 1870, 538. (C. 1,^ 2 

 «a.ne a.s P. ntu!a, Waouch). OHalMa .oUoccpMa, Cassix, Ill„st. I, ,x. 1855 26 

 Buhm'" ,..'^°* ''-f "^-/'f "-^"'"'''. Waou.:u, Isis, 1830, 1112.) Ortalula Jca.ui, 



I,! ,, ^l-J:~^' ^■•"■'''"K^--I-^^^--'- An... N. Y. IX, 20P (Yuc«ta„). _Sr,.. & 

 Sa.,v. p. Z.S. 1870, 538 (Ilo.uhn,..,, Vera Cruz, Guaton.ala). _ U,,,r„END Ha lb 

 -l.r B,.. Or,,. Lief. v,„, 145. ( Do.scibe.s ,„or,> nj„lt spod„,..n,s.) 



Sr. C..AR Ilo,ly above -lark frree„i..h-olivo; bei.eatl, brow„i,.h-vellow. ti,ir,ed witl, 

 ohve. Head a„.l „pp.r part of neck ph.mbeo.,. Tail-lLathe,. l„st,.-„„s ,.;«,, all tipped 



» M..ssr.s. S.-Iater a,„l Salvi,. <listi„fr.,i.sli tli(i allicl .spocics as follows • - 



O. tW«A«, WaKlor. B,owi,i.sl,.oliv.. ; tho l„.a,l pl„,„beo„.s, lifrhtor lH..,oath ; the middle of 



