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MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CENTROPSAR. 



[Mar. 3, 



Head, wing, and foot of Centropsar mirus. 



Centropsar, genus nov. ex familia Icteridarum. 



Rostrum tenuiusculum, elongutum, sululatum, dente nullo, omnino 

 icterinmn. Alee breviuscnlee, rotundatee ; remigibus primariis 

 decern, horum tertio quarto et quinto longissimis, primo secun- 

 darios cequante. Pedes parvce, debiles, acrotarsiis obsolete 

 divisis, ungue jwstico elongato, recto, acuto. Cauda viv rotun- 

 data, e rectricibus duodecim rigidis et ad apices attritis com- 

 posita. 



The single known species of this anomalous genus will stand as 

 follows : — 



Centropsar mirus, sp. nov. (Plate XXVI.) 



Supra cinereus, subtus cineraceo-albus : capite toto cum collo 

 medialiter in pectus extenso, caudce tectricibus superioribus et 

 inferioribus et cauda ipsa nigris : alis fusco-nigris ; remigibus 

 fusco an gust e, secundariis et tectricibus albido latius Hmbatis ; 

 rostro obscure corneo, mandibula utrinque ad basin plumb e a : 

 long, tota 7'5, alee 3'3, caudce 3*1. 

 Hab. Mexico occidentalis. 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



The collection which contained this singular hird is said to have 

 been formed in Western Mexico and Australia. If, as I believe, 

 Centropsar is an Icterine form, the specimen must have been 

 obtained somewhere in the former country. Other scarce Mexican 

 species in the same collection were Catharus mexicanus, Centurus 

 hypopolius, Trogon mexicanus, and Panyptila melanoleuca. 



