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Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p . 353.
supra dilute cesruleis ; rostro
P i c a B e e c h e i i .
Pica capite, collo, corporeque infra intense nigris ; dorso, alis, r
rubi'o-fiavis.
Remiges infra, pogonia interiora supra, reciricesque subtus fuse*. Tectriees alarum inferiores Cierule®. Cauda sub-
cuucata. Longitudo corporw, I 4 i ; rosin, ; alce, a carpo ad apicem remigis quint*, 6| ; cauda, ad apicem rectricis
medi», 7 ^ ; rectricis extern», 6 ; iorri, 1| .
PLATE VI.
T h is b ird w a s m e t w ith a t M o n te rc a le . T h e g a lla n t a n d e n te rp r is in g c om m an d e r o f th e e x p e d itio n
w ill, I t ru s t, a c c e p t th is d e d ic a tio n o f a b e a u tifu l sp e c ie s , a s a tr ib u te o f g r a titu d e for h is s e rv ic e s to
s c ie n c e , a s w e ll as a n offering o f f rien d sh ip .
P i c a C o l l i e i . n. $. Zool. Journ. vol. 4 . p . 3 5 3 . pi. 1 2 .
Pica macula subriclali, corporeque supra ceeruleis; fronte, crista,genis, collo inferiori, pectoreque nigris; eorpore subtus
rectricumque apieibus albis ; cauda elongatisiñmá.
Crista erecta, elongata, antrorsum spectans, facies pectusqwe intensé nigr». Superrilia, colli latera, peciasquc
medium albo notata. Tectriees inferiores alb*. Rectrices quatuor medi» supra c sru le a , subtus nigr». Longitudo
cojyorij, ab apice rostri ad apicem caud», 28 ; rostri, 1-^; ala, a carpo ad apicem remigis quinta, 8 ; cauda, ad apicem
rectricis medi», 19s, extern», 6 ; tarsi, 2.
PLATE v i i .
T h is spe c ie s se ems to h a v e b e e n fo u n d in a b u n d a n c e a t S an B ia s a n d M a z a tla n . I h av e d e d ic
a ted * i t to th e ab le a n d in g e n io u s s u rg e o n o f th e e x p e d itio n , w hose e x e r tio n s c o n tr ib u te d m uch
to o u r k n ow led g e in ev e ry b ra n c h o f s c ien c e ; a n d w h o s e n o te s , m o re p a r tic u la r ly o n th e in te rn a l
s tru c tu r e o f m an y o f th e b ird s in th e c o lle c tio n , form th e m o s t v a lu a b le p a r t o f th e p r e s e n t o b s e rv a tio
n s .
M r. Co llie m a k e s th e fo llow in g o b s e rv a tio n s o n th is b ird T h e low e r la ryn x w a s s im p le ; the
s tom a c h s im p le , m u s c u la r a n d m em b ra n o u s , a n d w a s stu ffe d w ith w h ite fia ttish b e rrie s , w ith o u t an y
g ra v e l. T h e cceca a re sm a ll, th e le f t a b o u t o n e -th ird o f a n in c h lo n g , th e r ig h t a l ittle lo n g e r.”
F am. LOXIAD2E.
C o C C O T H R A U S T E S F E R R E O -R O S T R IS . n. S. Zool. Journ. vol. 4. p . 3 5 4 .
Jun. ? Cocc.fttsco.brurmeus; capile, pectore, abdomineque superiori coccineis ; rostro fortissimo, pedibusque plumbeis.
Sen.? Ci>cc._/tíico-5rtín»ewí; pecicre íevííer coccíneo tJTWio.
Longitudo corporis, 8^ ; rostri, ad frontem, | , ad rictum, 1.^ ; altitudo, j ; ala, a carpo ad apicem remigis terti», ;
cauda, 3 ; tarsi, '
PLATE VIII.
T h e r e a re tw o sp e c im en s o f th is sp e c ie s in th e c o lle c tio n , d iffe ring, a s a b o v e de sc rib ed , in th e ir
c o lo u rs . W e r e w e to j u d g e from an a lo g y , th e m o r e b r illia n tly p lum a g e d b ird w o u ld b e th e y o u n g ,
th e m o re p la in ly c o lo u re d th e a d u lt ; a s is th e c a s e in th e n e a r ly a llie d g ro u p , th e P in e Grosbeak,
Corythus enucleator, C u v .
* Shortly after the plate of this bird had been completed, and the text printed off for the Zoological Journal,
1 received a letter from my friend Mr. Children, requesting me to name the species after Dr. Burnet of the Haslar Hospital
of Portsmouth, •who had presented the British Museum with a fine specimen. I was sorry to have been thus unable not
only to comply with the wish of Mr. Children, but to pay a compliment to Dr. Burnet, whose zeal in science well
merited it. The editor of the translation of M. Cuvier’s " Animal Kingdom,” not being aware of these circumstances,
subsequently named the bird according to Mr. Children’s original desire. By an unfortunate error which simultaneously
took place on the part both of the engraver and the printer, the bird is named Bemel’s Magpie ( piea BernettiiJ in the
plates of that work, and Bennett’s Magpie in the text. An additional name has within the last month (Dec. 1830)
been given to the species, already amply provided with synonyms—that of Pica uUramarina.
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