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Kittlitz, Kupf. Plate XXIII, fig. 2. 



This is a species of a group of sparrows, Avhich present some analo- 

 gies to the snow sparrows of North America. 

 Of this bird, Mr. Peale observes : 



" Obtained in the vicinity of Valparaiso, Chili, in the month of May, 

 at which season it is not common. It frequents low bushes, and is 

 much on the ground. Its general habits and appearance resemble 

 those of the snow-bird of North America {Niphaxi hyemaJis), the tail, 

 however, appears bordered with black while the birds are flying, in- 

 stead of having the white margin of the Northern species." 



25. Genus ERYTHRURA, Swamson, Cab. Cy. II, p. 280(1837). 



1. Ertthrura ctanovirens [Peale). 



Geospiza cyanovirens, Peale, Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 117 (1st ed. 1848). 

 Erythruru Pucherani, BoNAP. Cons. Av. p. 457 (1850). ? 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate VIII, fig. 2. Adult. 



Ccipite ininiato, gutture et pectore pdllide coeruleis. Gorpore supra coeru- 

 lescenti-viridi, remigibus caudaque saturate fmcis, pennis caudallhas 

 ruhro externe marginatis. Long. tot. 4i poUices. 



Bill short, thick, turgid; culmen curved from the base; gonys ascend- 

 ing; wings moderate, or rather long; tail short, with its feathers 

 narrow and weak. Tarsi and toes moderate, rather weak. Head 

 above from the base of the lower mandible, fine crimson ; throat, 



lighter beneath, the exterior margins cinereous ; tail even, consisting of twelve feathers, 

 black, with a white band across the middle, which does not include the two middle 

 feathers, or the outer webs of any but the two outside; bill and legs, yellow; irides, 

 brown. Male. 



"Total length, five and nine-tenths inches; wing, from the carpal joint, three and six- 

 tenths inches; tail, two and three-tenths inches; tarsi, eight-tenths of an inch; middle 

 toe, including the claw, six-tenths of an inch; claw, two-tenths of an inch; hind toe, 

 eleven-twentieths of an inch ; claw, three-tenths of an inch ; bill, half an inch ; to the 

 angle of the mouth, six-tenths of an inch." 



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