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(b ird ” O t th o se which h e d is s e c ted , h e fo u n d “ th e s tom a c h d o u b ly m em b ra n o u s a n d lle sh y . I t
c o uW n e d U r v u o f in s e c ts , a n d some fa rin a c eo u s ro o ts , w ith g ra v e l. T h e y w e r e fo u n d in la rg e a u d
n um e ro u s flocks, b o th am o n g th e h o u s e s a n d in th e p la in s , fe e d in g o n th e g ro u n d .
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infra albis; rectricibas lateralibus fasciis obsoletis fuscis notatis, _
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pallido-rufolevitertinct*. Rostrum pedesqne nisri. Longitudo corpoWj, lO J; rostri,^ -, a?«, a carpo ad apicem remig.s
quint*, H i l i i cauda, b.
PLATE V.
T h is sp e c ie s p a r ta k e s so m u c h o f th e g e n e r a l c h a r a c te r t h a t b e lo n g to th e J « y s o f N o rth A 7 ™ » .
th a t i t is difficult a t f ir s t to d is tin g u ish it. U p o n c lo s e in sp e c tio n , h ow ev e r, i t will 7 “ “ ” '1 *“
a g re e w ith th o se th a t a p p ro a c h m o s t close ly to it , th o Garr. crUtatus, fo r in s ta n c e , o f M r. bw am so n ,
a n d th e Garr. S ld le r i, b y th e absen c e o f th e c r e s t ; from Ga rr. s a r itdm , Sw ., b y th e g en e ra l c o lo u rin g
o f tho b a ck a n d b r e a s t ; a n d from th e Garr. F h r id a n a s , la te ly figured by th e P i iu c e o f M u s ig n a n o
a n d M r. A u d u b o n , by tb e le ss b rillian cy o f tb e a z u r e c o lo u r, tho absen c e o f w h ite o n th o fro n t, a n d
th e c o lo u r o f th e b re a s t a n d ab d om en . I t w a s fo u n d in a b u n d a n c e a t M o n te rey .
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