208 SYNONYMY OF PARULA AMERICANA 



Blue Yellow-backed Warbler 



Parala americana 



Parus americanus, L. SN. i. lOih ed. 1758, 190, n. 3 (Gates, i. 64) ; ioth ed. 1766, 3-1 1, 

 n. 4.— 0-m. vSN. i. 1788, 1007, n. 4 (Briss. iii. 522; Buff. v. 301; PE. 7:U, 1'. l).—Turt. 

 SN. i. 1806, ti'i-i.—Lath. 10. ii. 1790, 571, n. 28. 



Motacilla americana, Om. SN. i. 1788, 960, u. 7:> (Lath. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 440, n. 36;.— Jt.r>'. 

 SN. i. 180G, .=)90. 



Sylvia americana, Lath. 10. ii. 1790, 520, n. 'iO.—Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, eZ.—Aud. 

 OB. i. 1832, 78, pi. 15.— Peab. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 11.— D'Orb. Ois. Cuoa, 1839, 67.— 

 Thomps. Verm. 1853, app. 24. 



Sylvicola americana. Rich. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1836, 1837, —.—Aud. Sj-n. 

 1839, 59.— .flMd. BA. ii. 1841, 57, pi. 91.— Z>enni/, PZS. 1847, SS.— Woodh. Sitgr. Rep. 

 Zuni, 1853, 11.— Hoy, Ft. Phila. Acad. vi. 1853, 311 —Read, ibid. .m—Pratten, Tr. Illi- 

 nois Agr. Soc. 1855, 602. -Putn. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 18.56, ^Ol.—Scl. PZS. 1857, 202 (Tlacotai- 

 pam, VeraCrnz).— Jfaa;. J. f. O. vi. 1858, 116.— Martens, J. !. 0. 1859, 213 (Bermudas).— 

 Willis, Smiths. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 282 (Nova Scotia).— B^flwid, ibid. 287 (Bermudas).— 

 B.-eiv. Pr. Bost Soc. vii. 1860, 307 (Cnha.).— Hoy, Smiths. Rep. for 1864, 1865, 438 (Mis- 

 souri).— .Br?/. Pr. Bost. Soc. X. 1856, 251 (Porto Rico).— ^rjf. J. f. 0. 1866, 184 (the 

 same). — Trippe, Pr. E.ss. Inst. vi. 1871, 114 (Minnesota). 



Parula americana, Bp. CGL. 1838, W.—Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 154.— Bp. CA. i. 1850, 310.— Brf. 

 BNA. 1838, 238.— S. t6 S. Ibis, i. 1859, 10 (Guatemala).— J. <£ E. Newt. Ibis, i. 1859, 143 

 (St. Uroix).— Cass. Pr. Phila. Acad. xii. 1860, 376 (St. Thomas Island).— Sci. PZS. 

 1861, 70 (Jamaica).— (rMTMiZ. J. f. O. 1861, 326 (Cuba).— Barn. Smiths. Rep. for 1860, 

 1861, 435.— Ooues (6 Prent. Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862, 405.— Hayd. Tr. Amer. Philos. 

 Soc. xii. 1862, 159.— Ferr. Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. 1862, 19-2.—Albrecht, J. f. 0. 1862, 19-J 

 (Jamaica).- Jl/arc/i, Pr. Phila. Acad. xv. 1863, 293 (Jamaica).— F«rr. Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 

 1863, 233 (Maine). —Allen, Pr. E<<s. Inst. iv. 1864, 5d.—Bd. Rev. AB. 1865, 169.— 

 Dress. Ibis, 2d »er. i. 1865, 476 (San Antonio, Tex.).—Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viu. 

 1866, 'UbX—McIlwr. Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1866, 85.— Brew. Am. Nat. i. 1867, 117.— 

 Trippe, Am. Nat. ii. 1868, m.—Goues, Am. Nat. ii. 1868, 161.— Cowes, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 xii. 1868, 108.— Oo'tes, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 269.— iawr. Ann. Lye. N. T. ix. 1869, 

 200 (Yucatan).— riirnft. B. E. Pa. 1869, 23 ; Phila. ed. IG.— Cope, Am. Nat. iv. 1870, 395, 

 396, 397.— Oottes, Pr. Phila. Acad, xxiii. 1871, W.—Alhn, Bull. MCZ. ii. 1871, 267 

 (Florida, wintering).— Aiien, Ball. MCZ. iii. 1872, 124, 175 (Kansas, &.c.).— Allen, Am. 

 Nat. vi. 1872, 265.— Scott, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 221 ("West Virginia, in summer).- 

 Aiken, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 196 (Colorado).— Jfayn. Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv. 1872, 361.— 

 Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, 411 (Cuba).— Cowes, Key. 1872, 9-2.— Trippe, Pr. Bost Soc. xv. 1873, 

 ii34.—Herrick, Bull. Ess. Inst. v. 1873, — (New Brunswick).- iZidgr. Bull. Ess. Inst. v. 

 1873, 180 (Colorado).— 2fe?-r. Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 86.— Packard, Am. Nat. viii. 1874, 

 271.— C7oMes, BNW. 1874, 46.— Ames, Bull. Minnesota Acad. 1874, 55.— B. B. <£- B. NAB. 

 i. 1874, 208, flgs. pi. 10, f. 1.— Brewster, Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. 1875, 134 (Virginia, probably 

 breeding). — iVeietow, Birds of Greenland, 1875?, 98 (one specimen from the Southern 

 Inspectorate in 1857).— JSrcw.Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 439.— Gentry, Life-Hist. 1876, 

 94.—Lawr. Bull. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 1876, 15 (Tehuantepee).— Deane, Bull. Nnttall Club, 

 i. 1876, 21 (albinotie).— Jlfi/io«, B. N. Engl. 1877, 99. 



Agreeably to the latest fashion, the bird will probably stand as iritiayumi 

 var. nigrilora; hut its probable gradation into pittayumi through Mexican and 

 Central American epecimens remains to be shown. It is thoroughly distinct 

 from P. americana. 



This welcome and unexpected addition to our fauna was made by ray 

 esteemed correspondent, Mr. George B. Senuett, during his collecting tour in 

 Texas in the spring of 1877, when other novelties and many interesting 

 points were brought to light through his diligent and successful enterprise. 

 Mr. Sennett secured three adult males at Hidalgo, Texas, some seventy miles 

 from Fort Brown, during the months of April and May. 



