354 Mr. Vigors's Sketches in Ornithology, 



Zoological Society by A. Collie, Esq., Surgeon to the Blossom, to whose 

 exertions, during the expedition, natural science owes many important 

 obligations. To him I beg leave to dedicate the species. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES FERREO-ROSTRIS. 



Cocc. fusco-hrunneus ; capite pectore abdomineque superiore cocci- 

 neis. 



Rostrum fortissimum pedesqne plumbei. Longitude corporis, 8^; 

 rostri ad frontem, ^, ad rictum, ly^-^ altitudo ^ ; al(B a carpo ad remi- 

 gem 3tiam, 4^ ; caudce, 3 ; tarsi, f . 



PiCUS SCAPULARIS. 



Pic. niger; strigd utrinque longitudinali a rictu ad scapulares des- 

 cendente abdomineque fulvo-albis ; capite cristate, strigdque sub rictu 

 coccineis; rostra eburneo. 



Remiges rectricesqyie infra fuscae. Tectrices alarum inferiores albae. 

 Longitude corpora, 11; rostri ad frontem, 1|, ad rictum, 1|; alee a 

 carpo ad remigem 3tiam, 6f; caudce, 5; tarsi, 1. 



For the male and female of this species, the Society is indebted to the 

 liberality of Mr. Collie, who obtained it, together with the Pica Collie i 

 at San Bias. 



COLAPTES COLLARIS. 



Col. vinaceo-griseus, subtus uropygioque albis ; fasciis corporis 

 superni, guttis abdominis, collari semilunari pectorali, remigibus rec- 

 tricibusque atris, rhachibus rubro-aurantiacis ; strigd utrinque sub 

 rictu coccined. 



Caput superne brunnescens, collumqae vinaceo-griseum sine fasciis. 

 Remiges apice albee, subtus ad basin rubro-aurantiacse, Tectrices 

 inferiores alarum albse, interne leviter rubro-aurantiaco difFusae, externe 

 nigro notatee. Rostrum pedesque brunnei. Longitudo corporis, 11; 

 rostri ad frontem, If, ad rictum, 1^ ; alee a carpo ad remigem 3tiam, 

 6| ; caudcE, 5 ; tarsi, 1. 



Ortyx Douglasii. 



Ort. plumbeo-brunnea, cristd erectd alisque superioribus saturate 



