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ORNITHOLOGY. 



This is a species much resembling the now well-known Pipilo arc- 

 tica, for which it has been mistaken by some American authors. Its 

 points of distinction and specific characters are very clearly defined by 

 Mr. John G. Bell, of New York, as above cited, and are uniformly 

 present in the specimens in the collection of the Expedition, and in 

 others that have come under our observation. 



Mr. Peale states : 



" This is a common bird in all favorable ground throughout Oregon, 

 It there occupies the same position which the ' towhe' or ' jewinck' 

 does on the eastern side of the Kocky Mountains." 



27. Genus PIPILOPSIS, Soncqj. Cons. Av. p. 485 (1850.). 

 1. PiPiLOPSis RUFICEPS {StncJdaiid) . 

 Tacliyplwnus rvficeps, Strick. Ann. Nat. Hist. XIII, p. 419 (1844). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate VIT, fig. 3. Adult. 



Specimens of this handsome little bird are labelled in the collection 

 of the Expedition as having been obtained in Brazil. 

 Our figure represents this bird of the size of life. 



2. Tribe DENTIROSTRES. 



1. Family LANIAD^. 

 1. Genus ARTAMUS, Vieill. Analyse, p. 41 (1816). 

 1. Artamus leucgrhtnchus {Gmelin). 



Lanius leucorliynchus, G>i. Syst. Nat. I, p. 305 (1788). 



Buff. PI. Enl. IX, fig. 1; Kittl. Kupf. Plate XXX, fig. 1. 



From the Island of Mangsi, and similar in all respects to the com- 

 mon bird of the continent of Asia. 



