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Numerous in the scrub, but does not appear to frequent the pine woods 

 the hummocks or swamps. I saw none along the St. John's, except at 

 Blue Springs, but they occur in numbers a few miles back from the river. 



On comparing a number of specimens of the so-called Cyanncilla cali- 

 fornlca with numerous others from Florida, I find, as previous writers have 

 observed, that the differences between them are very slight, and not 

 so great as obtain between Florida and New England specimens of 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Agelceus phceniceus, and other species where there 

 is no reason to question their specific identity. The so-called C. Wood- 

 housei is described as, and is, intermediate in character between C. fiori- 

 dana and C. californica. The habitat of C. Woodhousei is also interme- 

 diate between those of the other two, but adjoins that of C. californica, to 

 which it is most nearly allied. How great the interval is between the 

 habitats of C. floridana and C. Woodhousei I have not been able to accu- 

 rately determine. Bonaparte * reported the former as being found in Louis- 

 iana and northward to Kentucky, and the latter occurs in Western Texas. 



In the following measurements of twelve specimens of this species (six 

 males and six females) the extremes are as follows: Length, 11.00 and 

 12.50 (both specimens being females) ; alar extent, 13.50 (female) and 

 15.00 (male); wing, 4.00 and 4.75 (both specimens females); tail, 4.25 

 and 5.35 (both specimens females). The average dimensions of these 

 specimens are as follows: Length, 11.74; alar extent, 14.44; wing, 4.42; 

 tail, 4.80. The females average slightly smaller than the males. 



Measurements of Florida Specimens of Cyanocitta floridana. 



TYRANID.E. 

 65.t Sayornis fuscus Baird. Pewee. 

 Abundant all winter, and a few remain till into April. 

 The king-bird (Tyrannus carolinensis), the great-crested flycatcher 

 (Myiarchus crinitus), and the wood pewee (Contopus virens) became 



• Am. Orn., Vol. II, p. 60, 1828. 



