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straight ; upper mandible with the sides convex, the edges overlapping 

 and notched near the tip, which is suddenly decurved ; lower mandible a 

 little shorter, convex on the sides and back. Nostrils basal, roundish. 

 Head and neck large. Body ovate. Feet of ordinary length, rather 

 strong ; tarsus compressed, covered anteriorly with transverse scuteUa ; 

 toes free, scutellate above, the lateral ones nearly equal ; claws arched, 

 compressed, acute. 



Plumage blended, tufty. Bristle-pointed feathers at the base of the 

 bill. Wings of ordinary length, the third quiU longest. Tail slightly 

 forked, of twelve feathers. 



Bill black above, Ught blue beneath. Iris dark brown. Feet and 

 claws light blue. Head and back light olive-green ; cheeks of the same 

 colour. A band of white on the forehead, passing over the eye, and 

 nearly encircling it, leaving the loral space dark green. Rump and up- 

 per tail-coverts greenish-brown. Quills blackish-brown, margined exter- 

 nally with brownish-yellow ; two first rows of coverts blackish-brown, 

 largely tipped with white, forming two bands on the wing. Tail brown- 

 ish-black, margined externally with yellowish- white. Under parts brown- 

 ish-grey, fading posteriorly into white. 



Length 5 1 inches, extent of wings 8^ ; biU along the ridge -^^ along 

 the gap ^ ; tarsus f . 



Adult Female. Plate XXVIII. Fig. 2. 



The female is considerably duller. The colouring is generally simi- 

 lar, but the head is brownish-grey, and the band on the forehead and 

 round the eyes narrower and tinged with grey. 



Length 5^. 



The American Cane. 



MiEGiA MACROSPERMA, Pursh. Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 69. Ahundinaria siacros- 

 PERMA, Mich. Fl. Amer. vol. i. p. 74 — Triandria Monogynia, imra. Gra- 



MINE^, JUSS. 



As the Cane is elsewhere described, it is unnecessary to speak parti- 

 cularly of it here. 



