296 THE GENUS SIURUS 



The only species of Dendrocca not taken into account in the foregoing pages 

 are the two following : — 

 Dendrocca pharetra. 



Sylvicola pharetra, Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 163.— Go«se, Illust. B. Jam. 1848, pi. 38.— JSp. 



CA. i. 1850, 309.— Osbuni, "Zoologist, p. 6660". 

 Mniotilta pharetra, Gray, G. of B. i. 1848, 106.—Giebel, Nomencl. Av. 1875, 605. 

 Dendroera pharetra, Scl. I'ZS. i. 1861, n.—Sd. Cat. AB. 1862, 358.—Sund. OetV. K. Vet.- 



Akad. Forh. iii. Ie69, 617. 

 Dendroica pharetra, JBd. Kev. AB. 1865, 192.— B. B. <£ R. NAB. i. 1874, 220. 



Hab. — Jamaica. 



Dentlroeca pityopbila. 



Sylvicola pityophila, Gundl. Ann. Lye. N. T. vi. Oct. 1855, 160. 



Bhlmamphus pityophilus, Gundl. J. f. 0. 1857, 240. 



Dendroica pityophila, Bd. Rev. AB. 1865, 208— B. B.<6 R. NAB. i. 1874, 221. 



Deudroeca pityophila, Sund. Oefv. K. Vet.-Altad. Forh. iii. 1869, C12. 



Mniotilta pityophila, Gray, Handlist, 1. 1869, 241, n.3i'J9.—Giebel, Nomencl. Av. 1875,606. 



Hab. — Cuba. 



Genus SIURUS Swainson 



Seliirus, Sw. Zool. Joum. iii. 1827, 171. (Type 



Motacilla aurocapilla L.) 

 Slums, Stricll. "Syn. 1841, —".—Coues, Bull. 



Nutt. Club, fl. 1877, 29 (nomenclature). 

 Sejurus, Sciurus, Senurus, Seuirus, of Some. 

 Enicocichla, Gray, "1840"; List G. of B, 



1841,31. 

 Henicocichla, " Agass."—Cab. M. H. i. 1850, 15. \ 



Exocbocichla, Yan der Hoev. " Zool. 1856 ". Fig. 38.— Goldon-crowued Accentor. 



Chars. — lu general form, scarcely distinguishable from Ben- 

 drceca; larger in size, different in pattern of coloration, in 

 habits, gait, and nidification. Bill ordinary, llictal bristles 

 short but evident. Wings pointed, much longer than tail. 

 Tarsus longer than middle toe and claw. Tail nearly even, 

 with rather acute feathers, and long, copious under coverts. 

 Size larger than in Dendrceca. Neither wings nor tail parti- 

 colored. Above olivaceous, with or without head-markings, 

 otherwise uniform ; below white, buffy, or yellowish, profusely 

 streaked. Legs slender, pale-colored. Habits terrestrial to 

 some extent ; nest on the ground ; eggs white, spotted. Vocal 

 powers preeminent. Gait ambulatorial, not saltatorial, and 

 some other traits decidedly Motacilline. 



Thi.s genus has held its position in the system by very uncer- 

 tain tenure, having been referred to various families, as the 

 Turdidw, Motacillidcc, and Sylvicolidcc. It is difficult to see how 

 it differs in any important particular of structure from such a 

 Sylvicoline genus as Dendrccca for instance, and it seems much 

 better located here than among the Wagtails, notwithstanding 

 the fact that it resembles these birds in many points of its econ- 



