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21. Genus VOLATINIA, Bonniy. Consp. Av. p. 473 (1850). 



1. VOLATINIA JACARINA {Liuu.). 

 Tanagra jacarina, LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 314 (1766). 



Geospiza peruvlensis, Peale, Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 115 (1848).* 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate VIII, fig. 3. 



Stated by Mr. Peale to have been "found in the month of July, in 

 bushy and rather sterile districts between Callao and Lima, in Peru." 



22. Genus LOXIA, Luin. Syst. Nat. I, p. 299 (1766). 

 1. LoxiA AMERICANA [Wilson). — The American Crossbill. 



Gurvirostra americana, WiLS. Am. Orn. IV, p. 44 (1811). 



Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, Plate XXXI, figs. 1, 2 ; Aud. B. of Am. 

 Plate CXCVII ; oct. ed. Ill, Plate CC. 



Specimens in the collection from Oregon, are precisely similar to 

 others from the Atlantic coast of the United States. This species 

 may, therefore, be regarded as inhabiting nearly the whole of Northern 

 North America. 



23. Genus EUSPIZA, Bonap. Comp. List, p. 32 (1838). 

 1. EuspizA DiucA {Molina). 



FringUla diuca, Molina, Sagg. Hist. Nat. Chili (1782), 2d edition, p. 210 (1810). 



* " Male, entirely black, with steel-blue reflections; immature birds have the tips and 

 edges of the feathers brown on the back and head, and whitish on the breast. 



"Female, umber-brown above; lighter beneath; feathers of the breast and flanks with 

 darker longitudinal lines. 



"Total length (male), four aud four-tenths inches; wing, from the carpal joint, two 

 and two-tenths inches; tail, one and seven-tenths inches; tarsi, six-tenths of an inch; 

 middle toe, nine-twentieths of an inch (nail broken); hind toe, including nail, half an 

 inch; nail, two-tenths of an inch." 



