. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ». ATTICORA. 811 (No. 34,G7tf, 9.) Total length, ; wing, ; tall, , A*^i>{\\ of fork, ,60; (litr«r«nfe between primaries, ; length of bill from forehead, .32, from niistril, .18, along ga|)e, .4i); tarHiia, .40; miildle toe and utaw, .r)0, c-law alone, .10, hind toe and claw, .34, olaw alone, .17. A young bird has tho upper parts dull dark smoky-brown, with a greonish-blue gloss on the middle of the back only. The undor j)iirt8 are whito, tinged with browniHh-yellow on t
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ». ATTICORA. 811 (No. 34,G7tf, 9.) Total length, ; wing, ; tall, , A*^i>{\\ of fork, ,60; (litr«r«nfe between primaries, ; length of bill from forehead, .32, from niistril, .18, along ga|)e, .4i); tarHiia, .40; miildle toe and utaw, .r)0, c-law alone, .10, hind toe and claw, .34, olaw alone, .17. A young bird has tho upper parts dull dark smoky-brown, with a greonish-blue gloss on the middle of the back only. The undor j)iirt8 are whito, tinged with browniHh-yellow on the chin, becoming palur onitiio threat; a jugular band and the sides, especially behind, strongly tinged with the bame. Tho feathers of the crissum are (lark brown, without gloss, and margined with paler. A still younger specimen (33,289) has only the faintest possible trace of blue gloss on the back ; the rump is smoky brown, lighter than the wings and tail; the brownish tinge of under parts deeper and more extended. The characters assigned to this variety, although apparently slight and untangible, are yet quite appreciable on a comparison with a large series of Brazilian specimens The larger bill and deeper fork of the tail are especially noticeable. The supposed difference in amount of black on the sides may be more apparent than real. I am inclined to refer to this variety all the specimens I have seen from Bogota, and one from Peruâthese agree in the larger and more depressed bill; one of the former, however (No. 24,953), has the upper parts with a green lustre, as in bicolor, not blue. Smith- CoUec- B«x Honiau tor'g and Xo. No. Age. :u,67fl ? â Mfi-i of 34,07.) in 24.!).).i , , 32,739 40,ftM rf li948 379 d Locality. When CoUected. Barranca, C. K. San JoHe, C. R. Bogota. (I Peru. April 16,'64. May 29, '64 1858. Received from J. Carnilol. Berlin Mux. L. de Oeofroy. VerreHUX. U. S. Expl. Exped. Collected by T. R. Peale. (24,933.) Green lustre. The two speci
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