CATIIEllPES— CINNICKRTIIIA. 



Ill 



dijliitsp, oxcoptiiij? HnlpincteH, nrc covered with a continuous strip, 

 instciui of bring dividi'd into Hniull plutos. 



(ullicriu'H niexicaiiiiH. 



Tlirifiiihorut tHtxicnnu*, 8wAix«ns, Zool. Ill, 2d HorieB, I, 1829, pi. xl 



(Kealdel Moiitw, Mux.). — Sitlpimte* mixivanun, Cah. Wl«gin. Arch. 



1H47, I, :V23.— ScLATKU, P. Z. 8. 1857, 212; 18r)8, 297 (Oaxnt-a).— 



' Troijlodijlin mexlciiniis, Hkbuma;.n, J. A. N. So. 2<1 aer. II, IHIi;}, 63. 



* — Ib. 1'. R. U. Rh|). X, 1859,41.— Cahsin, IlUiHt. Birds Cal. 1, 1854, 



'' pi. XXX. — Cntfiprpin ihixiratim, Uaiki>, Hirda N. Am. 1858, 35(5. 



. Catftl. 1861, 18, no. 115. 



fTrni,'..J,' « mitrnriun. Light. Preia-Verzeich. 1831, no. 80 (^'(/e Cab., 



Hj^'Aka of liglit-blue taill). 

 TImjothonis ffiitlatus, Lakr. R. Z. 1839, 99 (Mexico). 

 Cerlhin tilhifroiis, (iiKAro, Texas Birda, 1841, pi. viii (N. E. Mexico). 

 Ifab. Central region of North America, from boundary of United StUv ?8 

 sotitliward into Muxico. Oaxaua. Kxtenda up valley of Colorado. 



Tlicre is a very great difference in tlio length of the bill In different 

 siu'ciniens of this species. The longest (20,871) measures .75 from 

 nostril, and 1.15 from gape; while in another the bill is .15 shorter. 



I have not seen sp(!einiens of this bird from any point west of 

 Fort Tejoii, although it is said to occur in the Sacramento A'alley. 





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Locality. 



Koit Tejon, Cal. 

 New Mexico. 

 New Leon, Mex. 

 nio Coahnnynna, 

 Mlrador. [Culima. 



When 

 Collected. 



Feb. 4, '54. 



Sept. 186.'). 

 Oct. 1882 



ileceived from 



J. XHntuK. 

 I.t Whipple. 

 Lt. Coiicli. 



.1. XllltUH. 



Dr. SaitorinH. 



Collected liy 



Dr. Keuneriy. 



(3,969) Eyex dark-brow u. (31,821.) IrU browa. 



CINNICERTHIA, Lkssox. 



C'lnnlcerthin, "Lesson, 1844," Okay. (Type TJmnornis unirufus, Laph.) 

 Presbys, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. 1, 1860,80. (Type P. c«n//Wms = preceding?) 



Bill short, conical, high at base, not notched at tip. Culmen mnch curvei*. 

 Nostrils in anterior extremity of nasal groove ; broadly open and oval, but 

 with a narrow membrane above. Internal lateral septum apparently revolute, 

 so aa to be perpendicular to the central septum, its exposed edge crossing 

 the nasal aperture obliquely forwards. Legs very stout ; hind toe and claw 

 nearly as long as the middle, which are much shorter than tarsus. Wings 

 about equal to the much graduated tail. Plumage Wren-like ; uniform brown, 

 with (l..'>ti;v ]:nes on wings and tail. 



I introduce the diagnosis of the genus merely to complete the 



