CHAMiEADjE. 



15 



the exposed portion of the second. In all the other species before 

 me this primary is larger, broader, and as long as or longer than the 

 remaining exposed portion of the second. 



I 



Smith- iCoUec- Sex 



soniaul tnr'8 I nnd 

 No. No. I AKe. 



004 



1,S3,3 



615 



616 



29,4S3 



2,401 



8,071 

 in.'2I3 

 10.214 



4,682 



8,641 



7,188 



7,in.} 



4,iW.3 

 21,. 171 

 23,748 

 13,742 

 .S1,8S8 I .. 

 16,B60 1 «,249 

 lY,2nO I 3,409 



,S.98.) ! .. 

 31,82.)? 1 1,648 



9,2a} ! .. 

 22.418 38,6)8 



9,222 I . . 



Locality. 



1,164 



IS 



31 



1,790 

 209 



6 

 <f 



Ir 



d 



d 

 d 



Now York. 

 PhilailiMpliia. 



Wusbiugtou, D. C 



ti 



t( 



SnvanQHh. Oa. 

 ludiaii Kry, Fla. 

 Union 'oiiiity, 111. 



4011111 IllilloiH. 



Bald iHhituI, Neb. 

 East of Fort Rilev. 

 Fort ThoiD, N. M. 

 Organ MIh., Tex. 

 Colo-ado Riv., Cal. 

 Yieka, Cal. 

 Maryvill' . Cal. 

 Fort Tejon, Cal. 

 S.in DieKo, Cal. 

 Capo St Lucas. 



TamanllpaR, Mex. 

 Coliina, Mex. 

 Mexico. 

 Coban. 

 Quatomala. 



When 

 Collected. 



April 6, '42. 



(i 



Aprin8,'61. 



184.'i. 

 Auk. 27, '57. 

 April 20. 

 May 15. 

 April 2.'i,'.'58. 

 Juno 16, '68. 



May 26. 

 April 24, '63. 



Decii,' '61. 

 Oct. 10, '59. 



la-sk 



Aug. 1863. 



Received from 



S. F. Baird. 



E. Coufg. 



8. P. Baird. 



G. Wuid(>inann. 



R. Kenuicott. 



Lt. Warren. 

 Lt, Bryan. 

 Dr. T. C. Henry. 

 Major Emory. 



W. Vnllle. 



F. Ci rubor. 

 J. Xuntiis. 

 Geol. Siuv. Cal. 



J. XantuM. 



Lt. Couch. 



J Gould. 



Verreaux. 

 J. Gould. 



Collected by 



Wm. M. Baird. 



Dr. Ilaydon. 

 W. .S. Wood. 



J. n. Clark. 

 A. Schott. 



Dr. J. 0. Cooper. 



»,223. " P. nuxUxma,' 



FAMTtT CHAM^AD^. 



Bill compressed, short, rather conical, not notched nor deonrved. Culmen 

 pharp-ridged. Nostrils linear, with an incnmbent scale. Rictal bristles reach- 

 ing bt'yoiil nostrils which are scantily overhung by bristly featliers. Loral 

 feathers bristly and directed forwards. Tarsi booted, or covered with a con- 

 tinuous plate anteriorly, with faint indications of scutellae on the inner side. 

 Basal joint of middle t -^ attached for about half i'.i length on either side. 

 Primaries ten ; 6th quill longest. Plumage very lax. 



I have found it impossible to assign the genus Chamsrn to an' 

 recognized family of American birds, and have accordingly been 

 oljjigcd to give it independent rank in this respcict, although it may 

 properly belong to some old world group with which I ai not ac- 

 quainted. In its general appenranci! it approaches the Paridse in 

 loose plumage, bristly lores, want of notch to bill, etc. ; lint differs 

 ill the very much bris* d k iCtus, sharp-ridged culmen, linear no.strils. 

 booted tarsi, leas t^i'iouni of adhesion of the toes, etc. It approaches 



