ORDER PASSERIFORMES. 297 



River; also along the Colorado River to its delta and on the western side of 

 Lower California to lat. 30°. 



Geothlypis beldingi goldmani Oberholser. Goldman's Yellow-throat. 



[682a.] 



Geothlypis beldingi goldmani Oberholser, Condor, XIX, No. 6, Dec. 7, 

 1917, 183. (San Ignacio, Lower California, Mexico.) 



Range. — Lower California from lat. 26° to lat. 28°. 



Geothlypis beldingi beldingi Ridgway. Belding's Yellow-throat. [682.] 



Geothlypis beldingi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 344, Sept. 5, 

 [Sept. 11], (San Jose del Cabo, Lower California.) 



Range. — Arid Tropical Zone in the Cape district of Lower California. 



Genus CHAMAETHLYPIS Ridgw.\y. 



Chamacthlypis Ridgway, Manual N. Amer. Birds, 1887, 525. Type, by 

 orig. desig., Geothlypis poliocephala Baird. 



Chamaethlypis poliocephala poliocephala (Baird) . Rio Grande Yellow-throat. 



[682.1.] 



Geothlypis poliocephala Baird, Review Amer. Birds, sig. 15, Apr., 1865, 

 225. (Mazatlan [Sinaloa, Mexico].) 



Range. — Lower Austral Zone of the lower Rio Grande Valley, and northern 

 and central Mexico south to Sinaloa, Michoacan, and Morelos. [Allied races 

 occur in southern Mexico and Central America.] 



Genus ICTERIA Vieillot. 



Icteria Vieillot, Oiseaux Amer. Sept., I, 1807 [1808], iv, 85. Type, by 

 monotypy, Icteria duviicola Vieillot = Muscicapa viridis Gmelin = 

 Turdus virens Linnaeus. 



Icteria virens virens (Linnaeus). Yellow-breasted Chat. [683.] 



Turdus virens Linnaeus, Syst, Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 171. Based on The 

 yellow brested Chat, Oenanthe americana, pectore luteo Catesby, 

 Carolina, I, 50. (in Amei'ica = South Carolina, 200 or 300 miles from 

 the sea.) 



Range. — -Breeds mainly in Upper and Lower Austral zones from southern 

 Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, central New York, and southern 

 Florida. Winters in Mexico and Central America from Puebla, Vera Cruz, and 

 Yucatan to Costa Rica. Casual in southern Saskatchewan, New Hampshire, 

 and Maine. 



