220 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



but crown greenish streaked with black ; lower parts tinged with green- 

 ish. Juv. Above greenish-olive, the streaks obsolete ; beneath pale 

 greenish-yellow; the lower tail-coverts pure ivhite. Hab. Eastern Prov- 

 ince of North America, north to Greenland and Kodiak, south to Bogota, 

 Cuba, and Bahamas. 



Medial lower parts streaked with black ; inner webs of tail-feathers merely 



edged with white. 

 1.5. D. pharetra.' ^. Above grayish- white, with broail streaks of 

 black ; posteriori}', plain brownish-gray ; lower parts with cuneate spots 

 of black. Hab. Jamaica. 



Series VI. 



A. A black ''mask " around the eye and on auriculars, and extending down the 

 side of the throat; a light superciUary stripe continued back into a large space, of 

 similar color, on side of neck. 



IG. D. blackburniae. Crown with an orange or yellowish spot (ex- 

 posed or concealed; ; superciliary sti'ipe, side of neck and throat, intense 

 orange-red (^ ad.), or varying from this to pale buff (jtiv.). ^ intense 

 black above; back streaked with white or yellowish. 9 olive-gray above, 

 streaked with black. Juv. olive-gray above without distinct streaks. 

 Hab. Eastern Province of United States, south to Ecuador ; Bahamas. 



17. D. domiiiica. Crown without an orange or yellowish spot; super- 

 ciliary si lipc and side of neck pure white; throat gamboge-yellow; 

 above ash, without streaks. 



Superciliary stripe bright yellow anterior to the eye. Bill, .4.5; 

 tarsus, .60 ; wing, 2.60 ; tail, 2.U0. Jhib. Atlantic United States 

 and West Indies ....... var. dominica. 



Superciliary stripe pure white anterior to the eye. Bill, .35; 

 tarsus, .60; wing, 2.70; tail, 2.20. Hab. Mississippi region of 

 United States ; Mexico (Yucatan on east coast, and Coliraa on west 

 coast); Guatemala and Honduras .... var. alhilor n . 



B> No black " mask." Superciliary stripe scarcely reaching behind the eye. 

 Sides of neck ashy like the back. 



18. D. graciae. Auriculars, neck, crown, and upper parts generally, 

 ashy ; a supra-loral stripe, a crescent on the lower eyelid, and the anterior 

 lower parts gamboge-yellow. Crissum white. 



Back and sides streaked with black; abdomen white. 



Yellow of throat terminating abruptly at the jugulum ; supra- 

 loral stripe extending about .20 of an inch past the eye, this portion 

 of it white; dorsal streaks broad. Wing, 2.60; tail, 2.20. Hab. 

 Arizona (Fort Whipple) ....... var. rjruciu'. 



Yellow of tliroat covering whole jugulum, and not ending abrupt^ 

 ly ; supra-loral stripe scarcely ])a.ssing the eye, and wholly yellow ; 

 dorsal streaks narrow. Wing, 2.20 ; tail, 1.05. Hab. British Hon- 

 duras (Belize) ........ var. decora. 



Back and sides not streaked with black ; abdomen yellow. 

 Yellow of throat extending back to the crissum ; supra-loral 

 stripe as in the last; dorsal streaks wanting. Wing, 2.10 ; tail, 1.95. 

 Hab. Porto Rico var. a del a id a' 



1 D.plMrctra, B.\ikd, Rev. 192. {Sijlvicola phmretra, GosSE, Birds .lam. 1817, 163.) 

 - D. addaidie, Baird, Rev. .\pril, 186.''), 212. 



