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Show 176 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N CENTROPSAR. [Mar. 3, Head, wing, and foot of Centropsar mirus. C E N T R O P S A R , genus nov. ex familia Icteridarum. Rostrum tenuiusculum, elongatum, subulatum, dente nullo, omnino icterinum. Ala breviuseula, rotundata ; remigibus primariis decern, horum tertio quarto et quinto longissimis, primo secun-darios aquante. Pedes parva, debiles, acrotarsiis obsolete divisis, ungue postico elongato, recto, acuto. Cauda vix rotundata, e rectricibus duodecim rigidis et ad apices attritis com-posita. The single known species of this anomalous genus will stand as follows:- CENTROPSAR MIRUS, sp. nov. (Plate XXVI.) Supra cinereus, subtus cineraceo-albus: capite toto cum collo medialiter in pectus extenso, cauda tectricibus superioribus et inferioribus et cauda ipsa nigris: alis fusco-nigris; remigibus fusco anguste, secundariis et tectricibus albido latius limbatis ; rostro obscure corneo, mandibula utrinque ad basin plumbea: long, tota 7'5, ala 3"3, cauda 3*1. Hab. Mexico occidentalis. Mus. P. L. S. The collection which contained this singular bird is said to have been formed in Western Mexico and Australia. If, as I believe, Centropsar is an Icterine form, the specimen must have been obtained somewhere in the former country. Other scarce Mexican species in the same collection were Catharus mexicanus, Centurus hypopolius, Trogon mexicanus, and Panyptila melanoleuca. |
