490 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



COMPSOTHLYPIS PITIAYUMI NIGRILORA (Coues). 

 SENNETTS PARULA WARBLER. 



Similar to C. p, inornata, but with two distinct white wing-bands and 

 without yellow on flanks; differino- from C. p. pulchra in smaller size, 

 much narrower white wing- bands (the second occupying less than 

 terminal exposed half of greater coverts), and white subterminal spot 

 on inner web of lateral rectrices much smaller, rarely indicated on 

 third rectrix. 



Adult male.—RQiuX and neck (except chin and throat), scapulars, 

 lesser wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts plain, slightly ])luish' 

 slate-gray, the lores and suborbital region distinctly darker, inclining 

 to black, especially the former; iimermost middle wing-coverts also 

 slate-gray, the outermost ones broadly tipped with white, forming a 

 distinct spot or short bar; greater coverts with inner webs blackish, 

 outer webs slate-gray, broadly tipped with white (except on innermost 

 feathers), the white occupying less than the terminal exposed half; 

 remiges dusky with slate-gray edgings, the outer webs of tertials 

 mostly gray; rectrices dusky edged with bluish slate-gray, the inner 

 webs of two or three outermost with a subterminal spot of white; back 

 yellowish olive-green, forming a triangular patch; malar region, chin, 

 throat, breast, and upper part of a])domen yellow (lemon or gamboge), 

 deepening on chest into saflron or ochraceous yellow; lower abdonien,' 

 anal region, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts white; sides 

 and flanks dull whitish, slightly tinged with grayish, rarely slightly 

 tinged with rusty or pale chestnut; maxilla blackj mandible pale yel- 

 lowish brown (yellow in life?); iris brown; legs and feet brownish in 

 dried skins; length (skins), 94-105.4 (99.3); wing, 49-53.8 (51.6); tail, 

 37.6-42.7(39.9); exposed culmen, 9.1-10.4 (9.6); tarsus, 15.2-16 (15.7)- 

 middle toe, 9.6-10.2 (9.6).^ 



Adult feraale.—ShmXiiv to the male but slightly smaller and duller 

 in color; length (skins), 90.2-97.8 (94); wing, 45.2-49 (47); tail, 33-37.6 

 (35.3); exposed culmen, 9.9; tarsus, 15.2-16.8 (16); middle toe, 9.4.^ 



Eastern Mexico, in States of Tamaulipas (Alta Mira; Tampico), 

 Nuevo Leon (Montemorelos), and San Luis Fotosi (Valles); north to 

 southern Texas. 



Parula pitiayiimi (not Si/ltia pHiayumi Vieillot) Brewer, Ibis, 1878, 116 (Fort 



Brown, Texas). 

 Parula nUjrilora Ooues, Bull. U. S. Oeol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv, no. 1, Feb. 5, 



1878, 11 (Hidalgo, Texas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Birds Col. Val., 1878, 207; 



Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 94.— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv.' 



Terr., iv, 1878, 12 (Hidalgo, Texas, habits); v, 1878, 384 (Lomita, Texas; 



habits; descr. nests and eggs; measurements).— Merrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., i, 18 78, 123 (Fort Brown, Texas).— Brewer, Ibis, 1878, 204.— Allen, 



'Ten specimens. ^Two specimens. 



