42 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE SULPHUR. 



Leucosticte griseogenys. Gould. 



Plate XXIII. 

 Leucosticte griseogenys, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc, July 25, 1843. 



Spec. char. Leuc. f route nigra, gents et occipite cinereis; reliquis partibus fuscis, 

 tectricibus alarum, tectricibus caudee superioribus et inferioribus, lateram et abdo- 

 minis plumis roseo late margiuatis. 



Forehead and throat shining black ; cheeks and back of the head grey ; general plumage 

 umber-brown ; the wing coverts, upper and under tail coverts, flanks and abdomen 

 largely tipped with beautiful rosy-red ; primaries and tail feathers brown, faintly margined 

 with rosy-red ; bill yellow ; feet black. 



Total length, ~l\ inches; bill, f ; wing, -H; tail, 2,\; tarsi, 1. 

 Inhab. Russian America. 



This is one of the finest and most interesting of the Fringillidae that has 

 come under my notice for some years ; it is nearly allied to the Leucosticte 

 tephrocotis of Swainson, (Fauna Boreali-Americana, Birds, page 265, pi. 50), but 

 differs from that species in the greater depth of its colouring, in the cheeks as 

 well as the hind head being grey, and in the greater abundance of the rosy red 

 hue upon the abdomen and under tail coverts. 



The figures are nearly one-third less than the natural size. 



Cactornis inornatus. Gould. 



Plate XXV. 



Cactornis inornatus, Gould, in Proc. of Zool. Soc, July 25, 1843. 



Spec. char. Cact. corpore superiore nigrescente-fusco, singulis plumis olivaceo-fusco non 

 sine tinctura rufescente marginatis ; guld et corpore inferiore fulvis, plumis notd 

 centrali obscuriore. 



Crown of the head and all the upper surface blackish-brown, each feather margined with" 

 reddish-olive-brown ; the secondaries, wing coverts, and tail being more broadly margined, 

 and inclined to buff; throat and under surface buff, each feather having a darker centre; 

 bill horn colour ; the upper mandible darker than the lower ; feet blackish-brown. 

 Total length, 4 inches; bill, i ; wing, 2| ; tail, If ; tarsi, f. 



Inhab. Bow Island. 



