142 MNIOTILTID 2. 
C. Ale haud albo notate. 
; v 
18. Dendreca discolor. 
Sylvia discolor, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. ii. p. 37, t. 987. 
Dendreca discolor, Baird, Brew. & Ridg. N. Am. B. i. p. 276°; Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. 67%; Coues, 
B. Col. Vall. i. p. 246 *. 
Supra flavo-olivacea, dorso macula badia partim celata notato; capitis lateribus et corpore subtus flavissimis, 
loris et stria genali nigris, hypochondriis nigro striatis; alis et cauda fusco-nigris, olivaceo limbatis, illis 
immaculatis, hujus rectricibus tribus utrinque externis albo notatis; rostro et pedibus nigricanti-corneis. 
Long. tota 4°3, alee 2:1, caude 2:0, rostri a rictu 0°55, tarsi 0°7. (Descr. exempl. ex Jamaica. Mus. 
nostr.) 
Q aut ¢ juv. mari similis, sed coloribus supra multo fuscescentioribus, subtus quoque obscuriore striis hypo- 
chondriorum fere obsoletis. (Descr. exempli ad fines Honduras capti. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Nortu America, Eastern States?4—At sea near Swan Islands, Bay of Honpuras 
(O. S. & F. D. G.).—AntILLEs, Cuba? to Virgin Islands 4. 
Though this well-known species is perhaps not strictly entitled to a place in this 
work, its abundance in the West-India Islands in winter and the capture at sea of a 
young bird not far from the Swan Islands early in September 1861 make it more than 
probable that a few individuals, during their autumn migration, may reach the coast 
of Honduras and there pass the winter. 
D. discolor breeds throughout its range in the United States. A full account of its 
nest and eggs is given by Dr. Brewer in the ‘ History of North-American Birds.’ 
PEUCEDROMUS. 
Peucedramus, Coues, apud Henshaw, U.S. Expl. west of 100th Merid. V. Zool. p. 201 (1876) ; 
Coues, B. Col. Vall. i. p. 232. (Type Sylvia olivacea, Giraud.) 
The position of the single species constituting this genus was for some time questioned 
before Dr. Coues separated it from Dendreca, where it had long stood. Prof. Baird, 
in his ‘ Review of American Birds,’ pointed out many of its characteristics ; and to these 
Dr. Coues added others when formally describing the genus. The chief points in which 
it differs from Dendreca are its peculiarly slender bill and straighter culmen, its more 
linear nostrils and unusually long wings, and somewhat peculiar coloration, no portion 
of its body being streaked as is usual in the members of Dendrwca. On the whole, 
we think Dr. Coues justified in making the separation. 
1. Peucedromus olivaceus. 
Sylvia olivacea, Giraud, B. Texas, p. 14, t. 7. f. 2!; Scl. P. Z.S. 1855, p. 66°. 
Rhimamphus olivaceus, Scl. P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 291°. 
