. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 416 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS, [part I. ''51 }','' ' Sk â â , -s (⢠â â '/â J:!V: K, ^â .;^4^-^:. at lower end. Clawa short, much curved. Inner toe cleft nearly to base; basal joint of outer adherent. Outer toe a little longer th,iin inner, reaehiug a little beyond base of middle claw. This genus differs from MyiadesteB in scutellate tarsi, smaller feet, more curved claws, crest, tail, etc. Its relationships to Flilorjonijs are closer, but the crest is narrow and pointed ; the wing less gradu
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 416 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS, [part I. ''51 }','' ' Sk â â , -s (⢠â â '/â J:!V: K, ^â .;^4^-^:. at lower end. Clawa short, much curved. Inner toe cleft nearly to base; basal joint of outer adherent. Outer toe a little longer th,iin inner, reaehiug a little beyond base of middle claw. This genus differs from MyiadesteB in scutellate tarsi, smaller feet, more curved claws, crest, tail, etc. Its relationships to Flilorjonijs are closer, but the crest is narrow and pointed ; the wing less gradu- ated ; the first primary much larger; the tall more rounded; the feathers much broader. The bill is much narrowtjr and weaker. The feet are very similar; the toes rather more cleft, though less than in Myiadesles. Ptaaenopepla nitens. Ptiliogonys nilens, Sw. An. in Menag. 1838, 285.âroN. Consp. 1850, 335.âHeermann, Jour. A. N. Sc. Phila. II, 185J, 263.âCassis, " * 111. Birds Texas, etc. 1854,169, pi. xxix.â Cichlopsis nitena, Baird, ^â¢' Birds N. Am. 1858, 320, 923.âPhainopepla nitena, Sclatbr, P. Z. 8. ,,: ; 1858, 543; 1864, 173 (City of Mexico). "Leptarus galeatua, ; Flah, Mountainous portions of western and middle provinces of United States, and south to Orizaba; Cape St. Lucas. (No. 8,275, %.) Tail broad, almost fan-shaped; graduated slightly; not at all emarginate, and longer than wing. First quill broad, slightly falcate, scarcely attenuated; more than half the 2d, which about equals the 10th; 6th longest; 3d equal to 7th. Feathers on nape rather full, with a lengthened, pointed, narrow occipital crest. Male (No. 8,275) entirely glossy greenish black ; the inner webs of all the primary quills with a large, lengthened patch of white, which does not reach the inner margin ; their outer webs very narrowly edged with ashy, as are also lateral tail feathers externally. Female (No. 8,274) brownish-ash, paler below; the white of inner webs of
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