90 Cabot's Description of 
snout, the junction of anterior extremities with body, the junc- 
tion of posterior extremities with body, and the tip of tail, 
dividing the whole length of the animal into an anterior, a 
middle, and a posterior portion. 
, Inch. 
Anterior portion : : 0.3 
Middle do. ; : - WT 
Posterior do. ; n 1.6 
Total length 9.6 
Hasirs, &c. Found in Abbeville district, South Carolina, 
early in April, 1844, under old logs in open woods. Very 
lively and active in its motions. 
Remarks. Very near the S. quadridigitata Holbr., but dif 
fers from that in color and markings. That is pale straw color 
above ; this yellow on snout, brown on body, brownish orange 
on tail and limbs. That bluish silvery white beneath ; this 
silvery white with jet black spots 4; inch in diameter. That, 
above, has few minute dark brown spots, approaching verte- 
bral and lateral lines ; this, above, has numerous distinct, black, 
scattered spots. These two species are, I believe, the only 
ones known with four toes, and might form a subgenus or even 
a separate genus. 
Art. VL — FURTHER ACCOUNTS OF SOME OF THE BIRDS OF 
YUCATAN. By Samver Casor,Jr. M D. Read January 3, 1844. 
PYRRHULA RAPTOR, Plate XII. 
Tus bird is very numerous throughout Yucatan, and does 
great damage in the fields and gardens. It feeds principally 
on grain and seeds, and is very voracious and destructive 
It is called in the Maya language, Tsapin. em 
7 aedi 103 inches long. Bill 1 inch long. Diameter at 
above down, 3 of an inch; from side to side of. 
