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NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 
(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 
M. pusilla. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 1, pi. 66.) Greenish brown. Breast and sides grey; beneath, pale 
yellow: a pale narrow ring surrounding the eye. Length, 5 inches. Labrador (not yet observed 
in this State). 
M. trailli. (Id. Ib. Yol. 1, pi. 65.) Dusky olive; head darker. Wings bifasciate with greyish 
white; secondaries bordered with the same. Throat and breast grey; pale yellow beneath. Length, 
5 inches. Columbia river, Arkansa. Closely allied to the preceding. 
M. saya. (Id. Ib. Vol. 1, p. 59.) Greyish brown. Tail black : a dusky spot before the eye ; lower 
wing-coverts reddish white. Length, 7 inches. Columbia river, Arkansa, Texas. 
M. fhos.be. (Richardson, F. B. A. pi. 46.) Olive brown. Dusky grey on the neck; breast and 
sides tinged with olive ; abdomen pale dull yellow. Length, 6*8. Columbia river, Fur countries. 
Allied to fusca. 
M. nigricans. (Aud. B. of A. pi. 60.) Dark sooty brown; beneath white. Tail slightly emarginate. 
Length, seven inches. Mexico, California, Texas. 
M. texensis. (Giraud, Birds of Texas, plate.) Crown, with a concealed patch of bright vermilion; 
back, scapulars, wings, rump and tail brown. Throat, foreneck, and a band over the eyes and 
across the front, white. Tail long, even, and of twelve feathers. Length, 7’25. Texas. 
M. laureniii. (Id. B. of Texas.) Above dull brown: throat, foreneck and breast cinereous; beneath 
yellow. Bill robust. Length, 6 • 45. Texas. 
M. fulvifrons. (Id. B. of Tex. plate.) Brown; beneath buff. Secondaries broadly edged with white 
on the outer webs. Tail emarginate; the outer vane of first feather white. Bill feeble. Length, 
4*8. Texas. 
M. derhami. (Id. Ib. plate.) Slate. Lores and forehead black; crown and occiput chesnut brown, 
spotted with dusky. Wings and tail brown: four outer tail-feathers spotted with white. Throat 
and foreneck black; breast and belly light red. Length, 5 • 0. Texas. 
M. belli. (Id. Ib. plate.) Olive-green. Throat, breast and abdomen yellow; crown, checks, and a 
spot before the eye chesnut-brown: a yellow streak from the base of the bill, passing over the eye, 
and somewhat dilated on the sides of the neck. Tail graduated. Length, 4 • 0. Texas. 
M. leucomus. (Id. Ib. plate.) Black: beneath bright red. Throat and foreneck black. Outer webs 
of the three lateral tail-feathers white. A conspicuous patch of white on the wings. Length, 5*5. 
Texas. 
M. brasieri. (Id. Ib. plate.) Olivaceous; yellow beneath. Forehead and loral space yellow; crown 
and occiput orange, bordered with black; cheeks and sides of the neck greenish yellow. Length, 
5*0. Texas. 
M. rubrifrons. (Id. Ib. plate.) Back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts ash-grey; rump white. Fore¬ 
head, space round the eyes, loral space, throat and forcneck red. Wings and tail brown. Sides 
of body dusky; beneath white. Length, 4*0. Texas. 
