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REVIEW OF AMEUIOAiV BIRDS. 



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A. Pattern of ooluratiou b«ii«ath d«)Oidtt<ll/ and al)ruptljr 



Tiiried. 



Body slaty blue ; chin and throat, with crixHuin, orange 

 brown, abruptly defined. A patuh of white on under 

 eyelid. Bill blank. 



Bxiremo point of ohin and Bides of base of lowef 

 Jaw tjaoh witli an almoht inappreciable and 

 not oontiuuouH white upot. Ears biitckitih, 

 not varied. Thighs slate color ; legs yellow. 



Lengtl), 7.50 



Whole chin, continuous with a !arge patch on 

 side of lower Jaw (without dUHky border be- 

 low ?), white. Ears not varied f Lower part 

 of thighs yellow ; legs brown f Len((th, 6.25 

 A white stripe along lower part of chetiks, bor- 

 dered beneath by a blackish line. Ears 

 streaked black and white. No white on 

 chin ? nor yellow on thii, as ? Legs pale. 

 Length, 7.00 



B. Whole tinder parts nearly uniform (plumbeous or ashy), 



varied only slightly in shade (black in Uucntis), 

 Prevailing color ash gray ; ohii, npper throat, and cric- 

 ■um paler. A white ring round tlie eye ; lores, and 

 a line each side the chin dusky. Bill black ; legs 

 dusky. 



Upper parts uniform ash gray, the two light wing 

 patches very distinct, and fulvous yellow. 

 Maxillary stripe indistinct .... 



Outer surface of wings rufous brown, back less 

 conspicuously so. Wing bands indistinct. 

 Maxillary stripe well marked . . . 

 Above rufous ; under parts dark plumbeous. 



Forehead ttshy ; top of head lesE^ rufous. Wing 

 bands quite distinct. Upper mandible black ; 

 lower, with legs, yellow .... 



Nearly uniform slaty blue all over. 



Forehead ashy ; chin palor than rest of under 



parts. Bill black ; legs dusky 

 Forehead, face, and chin ><lack. Bill orange red ; 

 legs yellow ....... 



Above grayish-olive ; dull white beneath. 



A dusky line each side chin. Bill narrow, thick- 

 ened, black, with the bcise below, as also the 

 legs, yellowish ...... 



Above mfouB ; under parts black. 



Cheeks, axillars, inside of wing, and patch at bass 

 of quills (not visible externally) white ; ex- 

 ternal wing band obsolete. Bill black above, 

 yellow beneath ; legs dusky 



$oUtariu$. 



armillatui. 



genibarbii. 



towntendii. 



obtcurua. 



venezuelentis. 



unicolor, 



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melanops. 



elisabeth. 



Uueotis. 



