RALLin.E — TIIK OALMNMLKS — OALLINL'LA. 



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iii!iiU> UK that ot till' Coiiiiaoii (iiillitiiih*, it iM'iii^ Hat, and hiiviiig iiii iiitcriial <liiiiiu>t«T 

 lit' eight or till iiirlii's, mill an ciitirc luvailih ot alHiiit tittt'fii. Thi' i'KK>* m*' ><iiiil to 

 hi' from ti\t' to st'vi'ii ill immlii'i' — laii'ly imni' — ami to rrsi'inlili' tlmsr of d. ;/iil,iifii. 

 riiis ii'si'iiihlaiH'r is not mtn markrii. Iiowi'Mt, ami thi' i'>,':,'s of tlir two .sjn'rii's niay 

 always 1)1' iraililv ilistiiiKiiifthi.'il mir fiiuii tin- otlii'i' hy tlir ili'lirncy of tlir shell of 

 till' vnu of this ,s|MM'ii>s, ami tin- iiiori- |iiiikisli liiit> of tin' ^'loiiinl. Amlniioii ili'snihi-s 

 thi' I'KKs as of a li'^'ht yi-llowish k'"i>'' sjiotti'il with hlarkish lirowii. Thr yoiiiin '"'*J 

 at lirst ijiiiti' Itlark, ami rovi-ri'il with ilown. ami an' fully tlnlnril liy thr Ist of iliiiu'. 

 The ({I'oiiml riiliii' of tin' i'KKh, liotli in tin' rolh'rtion of the Sniithsonian Iiistitn- 

 timi ami in my own. is n| a li^^Iit |iinkisli Imif, rovni'il with srattiTnl inaikiiiKH of 

 ,1 inii'lilish slali'. ami tiii'si' aii", for tin' most pai't. small roiimlish s|iots. '1"\mi i'^fj;s 

 I. No. 7'.)) in my I'olh'i'lion, fioin Mataiiioias. I'olh't'tcd hy Dr. )lt>rlanilii'i', iiii'iisur*', uni* 

 l.7."> iiirlit's liy l.L'O; till' otinr. I..").S hy Jl'."). Two othrr i'},'^,'s, from Louisiana (No. 

 • iru). iin'asiu'i', out'. !.7o hy \.'J0 indn's; tin' otln-r, 1.70 hy l.L'H. Tin- Ki'tniml-colur nf 

 thi' latti'i' is of a (li't'|H'r shaih- than usual of thu laukitih buff so chuiactcristio of the 

 i',i,'KS of till! ^{I'niis I'liriilii/rli). 



(ir.Ms OALLINULA, liiti.ssoN. 



ildlliaiilii, Hiiiiis. i»iii. VI. 17tin, 3 (typo, Fiilicn chlornpun, Linn.). 



('n.\U. Hill sliditi'i' timii lifail, iiiini>n'ssi'il, its vcitiial ontliiU'H coiivi'X tiTiniimlly, strai^ilit or 

 .»li;,'lilly coiiciivi' i)iiiM)>iti' thi' iiiistiil ; iiii>liil i'liiii;,'iiliil, lnii;,'iluiliiiiil. >lil-liki' ; foivln'ail cnvfn'tl 

 liy ail I'xti'ii^iuii lit till' liDiiiy I'dvi'iiii^; nf tin' lijll (nnlinii'iitiiry in tlii' yimiij,')- .MiiMK' toi' Imiyor 

 than till tarsus ; tucs with a.^ili^lit lati'itil iiii'iiiliraiu' or niiir^'iii. 



Till' aliitvi' rliarai'ti'rs will Mcrve ri'ailily to ilisiin^'iiisli tlii' s|ipt'ii's of thii» fjonus from thi' nllied 

 .\iari'iiaii ;,'('iii'ni, luiiiirni.'t anil I'liqihijriiiii^, tliu foriiirr liaviii}{ the nostril fiiiull and ovul, thi; niiilille 



(/. itnleatd. 



tiif sliortiT than till' tarsus, and the toes witlmut trace of lateral niemhrane, while the l.'itter (an 

 I'Xi lusively South Ameriean {,'enus) has the frontal shield sni.ill and conical, and is, moreover, 

 I'liiiiiiosed of hird.s of small si/.o. Two Anierican species of Gallhiitla are known, hoth more nearly 

 itllii'd to the (1. chluroj)us of Flurope than to any another species, hut very distinct from that, as 

 Will as from each other. Their distinctive char.ictere may be expressed thus : — 



Tom. Char. Plain dark plumbeous, clearer plumbeous beneath, usually tinged with dark olive 



