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(iK.N. C'liAH. Hill slmllow llirou^li tlio liiisc, iiniilfrnlcly taiicriiifi, ami (gently I'urvi'ii ; tlic Imsc 

 not ttip'iil, hikI •'"' '•"■■"il oiilliiu' 1)1' tlio iimxillii ili'i'|ily coiu'iivc; luirc iMilioii nl' tiliiii iMiiml to oi- 

 loll"!'!' tlmn oiili'i' tiH' ; iiiiildli! too iilioiit tliici' I'oiirllis the tarsus ; iiinor too ivailiiiij,' imst tin- suli- 

 ici'Miinal articulation of liio niiilillo toe ; li.tllux aliout i'i|Ual lo tlio l>asal iilialanx of tiic inner too, 

 I'onlioaii and oiliital, malar, and t,'ul,ir roi,'ions ooniidolily I'oatliorod, tho loroa only lioiii^; iiakod, 

 tiio liatliorinj^ on tho oliin ronniiij,' an aiulo anf,do wliiili advamos to as I'ur as tho niiildlo of tho 



/'. falcinelliui. 



nostrils ; foathors ol' tho i>ilouin oloii^'alod, lanciMilalo, and distinct, forininf,', wlion oivctod, a sort 

 of lidl, roundod cvost ; those of the ocoiimt and napo, and ujnior half of tiie nock all round, also 

 ili>liuct and lanceolate. Plmna'^e chietly metallic •,'roen aliovo ; the adults with lioaci and upper 

 part of neck chestnut, and lower parts chostmil ( fiilriiiilliiK ami iiiiitniuuit) or violet-Mackish {h'iilij- 

 intiji) ; the youiif^ with head and upper part of neck streaked f^rayish hrown and white, tho lower 

 jiarls ^ravish brown (J'tiliiiiiUii:< and ijiiiiruiiud) or violet-dusky (liiilijirmii). 



This M,>nns dill'i^'s conspicuo\isly from Kiidoriwiin in the complete I'eatherinj,' of tho lioail ' 

 (cxceptin}^ only the lores and the sjiace between the mandilmlar rami) ami m the brilliantly 

 metallic plumage. I', falilmlliin and /'. (jimmiiiia aiX! exactly alike in the iletails of form and 

 i;cucral coloration ; but /'. //('(/i/icdi// is vi'ry dill'erent from them in both these resjiects. Their 

 comparative character- may bo thus ox]irossod in a synoptical table : — 



A. Lejjs and feet lon^' an<l slender, the tarsus with a nearly continuous frontal series of trans- 

 verse scutolhe. Adult, with the lu'ck, back, lesser winjj-covorts, and lower parts opa<{ue 

 chestnut. Yninni, with tho head and upjier i)art of the neck streaked grayish brown and 

 white, the lower parts ]ilain ^'rayish brown. 



1. P. falcinelluB. Feathers around base of bill, blackish ; lores j,'reenish in life. Winj^, 



1(1.20-11.85 ; cnlmen, 4.;J()-.').4r. ; tarsus, '2.00 1.30; mi<ldlo too, 2.10-2.80. IM. Paliu- 

 arciic rof^'ion (warmer (lorl ions), Kastorn Ignited Slates and West Indies. 



2. P. guarauna. Feathers around base of bill whitish ; lores lake-red in life. Win<^, D.30- 



10.80; eulmon, :j.Tr)-().(K) ; tarsus, ;).00-4.40 ; iniihllo toe, 2.10-2.8r). Hah. South and 

 Middle America, and We.stern North America as far north as the Columbia River. 



' In this feature there is consiilcralilc ruscnibliuicn to Hariilprion, which, however, is very diflercnt 

 ill other respects, and belongs to n ililVcrcnt " sulvfuniily " (flu'ilhia-). 



