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Quills dusky, olivaceous on the outer margin, white on the inner. Tail 

 wood-brown. The lower parts are white, the breast and sides tinged with 

 pale yellow. 



Length 5^ inches, extent of wings 9; bill along the back nearly ^, along 

 the edge T 8 2-; tarsus T 8 2. 



The female resembles the male, but is of a duller white beneath. 



From Texas to Nova Scotia, and through the interior. Accidental in the 

 Fur Countries. Abundant. Migratory. 



Honey-Locust. 



Gleditschia triacanthos, Willd., Sp. PL, vol. iv. p. 1097. Pursk, Flor. Amer. Sept., 

 vol. i. p. 221. — Polygamia Dicecia, Linn.— Leguminosje, Juss. 



FAMILY XXL— PIPRIN^. MANAKINS. 



Bill short, stout, straight, depressed, being much broader than high at the 

 base, with the dorsal line arched, the ridge narrow, the sides sloping, the 

 gap-line straightish or slightly arched, the notches rather large, the tip very 

 small and declinate. Head rather large, broadly ovate; neck short; body 

 compact. Tarsus of moderate length, compressed, with seven anterior 

 scutella; toes small, the hind one not much stouter, the lateral equal. Claws 

 moderate, arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft, full, and blended. 

 Wings of moderate length, broad, and rounded. Tail short or of moderate 

 length, generally rounded. Roof of upper mandible concave, with a promi- 

 nent median line; tongue triangular, horny, thin-edged, rather obtuse, bristly 

 at the end; oesophagus wide, without dilatation; stomach rather small, 

 roundish, moderately muscular, with a dense rugous epithelium; intestine 

 short, of moderate width; cceca very small. 



