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U. S. P. R. R. EXP, AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens . 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
2261 
Q 
May 16,1845 
S. F. Baird. 
9.75 
13.43 
4.25 
1377 
s 
April 22, 1844 
11.16 
13.16 
3.16 
4433 
6948 
. 
Red river, H. B . 
Donald Gunn. 
8292 
Independence, Mo... 
May 26, 1857 
Win. M. Magraw.. 
5 
Dr. Cooper .... 
12.75 
13.00 
4.50 
Iris orange, feet pale gray. 
8231 
May 29, 1857 
4553 
Q 
5284 
A 
11.25 
12.25 
4.50 
5283 
3 
June 22.1856 
9.75 
13.50 
4.25 
4703 
May —, 1856 
8819 
Aug. 6, 1857 
.do. 
12 00 
14.00 
4.50 
8820 
9.50 
12.25 
3.50 
5652 
s 
Republican Fork. 
Sept. 26,1856 
Lieut. Bryan ...... 
351 
W. S. Wood ... 
5651 
o 
358 
.do. 
5653 
V 
o 
July 14,1856 
67 
V 
130 miles west of 
Fort Riley, Neb. 
Sub-Family CAMPYLORHYNCHINAE. 
Tail plane ; nearly even or slightly rounded ; the first and second feathers slightly graduated ; the feathers very broad, the longest 
with the width about one-fifth the length. Size medium. 
The following genera are included in the sub-family: 
A. —Hind toe and claw much longer than the outer lateral, shorter than the middle. Feet 
stout. 
Campyloriiynchus. —Bill about equal to the head. Lateral toes nearly equal ; their 
claws reaching to the base of the middle claw. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. 
Wings as long as the tail. Back brown, streaked with white. 
Catiieiipes. —Bill longer than the head. Outer lateral toe much longer than the inner, 
reaching the base of the middle claw. Tarsus short, equal to the middle toe. Wings 
a little longer than the tail. Back brown, spotted with white. 
B. —Hind toe and claw about equal to the outer lateral, shorter than the middle toe. Feet 
weak. 
Salpinctes. —Bill as long as the head. Outer lateral toe considerably longer than the 
inner. Tarsus longer than the middle toe. Wings rather pointed ; decidedly longe r 
than the tail. Back brown, spotted with white. 
CAMPYLORHYNCIIUS, Spix. 
Campylorliynchus, Spix, Av. Bras. 1824. (Agassiz.) 
Cii.— Bill as long as the head ; not notched ; compressed. Culmen and commissure both gently decurved ; gonys nearly 
straight. Tarsus longer than middle toe, distinctly scutellate ; inner lateral toe a little the longer ; hind toe reaching nearly t 0 
the middle of the middle claw ; shorter than its digit. Wings about as long as tail ; exposed portion of first quill about two" 
thirds that of second, and rather more than half the longest, or fourth. Tail feathers very broad, plane ; the longest, nearly 
even, with the width about one-fifth its length ; the two lateral graduated ; the outer about five-sixths the middle. Plumage 
soft and loose. Color brown ; streaks on the body. Wings and tail transversely barred. 
Of this genus the United States possesses but a single species, as far as known, confined to 
the southern borders. 
