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line which runs along the inner edges and forms their tips i - the i 
pean bird, disappears in the American balance gets within half an inch. 
of he oor besides being an arrow , There are also s 
differences in form. The p iestiws teint at the symp 
under ‘side of the lower pict ble’ is more marked in the Ameri 
in the European bird. . The claws’of the European bird are larger and 
much more arehed than those of the beeen 4 iy bill of the oy med 
ite is much narrower in poponton than t Gprican, and is 
“ae imen of 8 gainer: in his Gailedieneneh progured at Tan- 
cah, en aH coast of Yucatan, on the 25th.of April, 1842, and is men- 
appendix of Mr. Blephieng “kel - ‘Teerel in peed 
under as name of S. Boysii. » 
aC ae reat a species ‘of W ren. 
reas E ag 
wage idth of b A —" oe ‘an eS ae, 4 tal 3h 
eho é 7 ee ls dk ee 
dil mid le toe with the claw, "gS gol Mage a 
ae ip oid FOB a “eo ¥ ae oe § pat. es en 
Sec OP ae 0 ky Or aks oy 
The bill is t from the base to the of hishacot ws are much curv- 
ed-and very : arp. The te ad, back,’and Taine it sides of the wings and 
tail, brown} a Hine: of iti, with black wn intermixed, 
asses over the Li and meets With a similar line, wate, passes untet 
t, and they form a patch on the sides of the neck extending round to 
the nape “Chin, throat, oniiag onli beret = ‘abdomen light + 
yell i yeah Ghatie ump are some white and 
dar! "brown F bij nc 5 sr trind with WE" HIO Wit GP the rest of 
2 ba + “ilder termost, and outer webs of next 
ae Bfistintiiers, hind 8 sitenedyee of fire ed seéond ae ee 
ith Mais .or yellowish white, and dark er or black. 
bee Pent upperside gs atid upper idles. 
: four middle tail-feathers are Weowtiy ins many black spots. 
- mandible is is dark horn color; the under mandible at 
hieh the description was taken was the 
ul dee oes in Yucatan, Apri 
zi ed Argon 
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