298 CHARACTERS OF SIURUS AURICAPILLUS 



Tardus aurieaplllus, lAcM. " Preis-Verz. Mex. Viig. 1830, 2" ; J. f. 0. 1863, 57. 



Accentor aurieaplllus, RUh. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1836, 1837, 172. 



Seiurus aurieaplllus, Sw. Class. B. ii. 18J7, m.—Bp. CA. i. 1850, 306. — Lawr. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. ix. 1861), 200 (Yucatan).— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1875, 349. 

 Slurus aurlcapillHS, Moore, PZS. 18.W, 55 (Omoa).— C7o««». Bull. Nutt. Club, ii. 1877, 31 



(corroctiou of nomcnclaturo). — Merr. Trans. Conn. Acad. iv. 1677, 20. 

 HeniCOClChIa auricapllla, Sd. PZS. IS.'ie, 293 (Mexico).— &2. PZS. 1861, 70 (Jamaica).— 



Alurecht, J. f. 0. 1862, 192 (Jamaica).— A'. <£• 8. PZS. 1870, 836 (Honduras). 

 Tardus citreus, Miill. SN. Suppl. 1776, 141 (/dc Cassin, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1864; said to be 



based on PE. 398, f. 2). 

 Motacilla cauadensis, Bodd. Tabl. PE. 1783, 24 (PE. 398, f. 2). (In part. The ori<rinal 



quotation of PE. is this species, and so is the quotation of Edw. pi. 252 j but the 



other references are to Dendroeca coronata). 

 Tardus minimus, Bartr. Trav. FIj. 1st Am. ed. 1791, 290 bis. (Not of authors.) 

 Turdus coronatus, V. OAS. ii. 1807, 8, pi. 64.— Less. Tr. Orn. 1831, 418. 

 Antlius coronatus, Gerhardt, Naum. iii. 1853, 38. 

 Figuicr a teste d'or de Pcnsilranle, Ficcdula pensilTanica auro-capilla, Briss. Orn. 



iii. 1760, ,504, u. 57. 

 Golden-crowned Thrush, Edw. Gl. 91, pi. 252.— Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 339, n. 203.-ia«ft. Syn. 



ii. pt, i. 1783, 21, n. 6. 

 Grirelette de S. Domingue, Buff. " Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. 317 ". 



Petite Griye dc St. Domlngue, Buff. PE. 396, f. 2 (basis oi Mot. catiademis Bodd.). 

 Grive couronnee, V. 1. c. 1817.— iye Maine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 174. 

 Grive grivelette, T. 1. c 1823. 

 Land Rick-up, Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 152. 



Goldeu-crowned Accentor, Golden-crowned Wagtail, Orange-crowned Accentor, Oven- 

 bird, Authors. 



Hab. — Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains (Denver, Colorado), 

 the Yellowstone, and Alaska. South through the whole West Indies and 

 Mexico (even at Mazatlau) and Central America. Breeds indifferently in its 

 North American range. Winters from the Beimudas and Florida southward. 



Ch. sp. — S 9 Virenti-olivaceus^ infra alba fusco striata ; ver- 

 tice aurantiacobrunneo, nigra bistrigato ; pedibiis pallide incar- 

 natis. Long. tot. 5^-G^ ; alee 3 ; caudce 2^. 



^ 9, adult: Entire upper parts, including the wings and tail, uniform 

 bright olive-green, without markings. Top of head with black lateral 

 striped, bounding a golden-brown or dull orange space. A white ring round 

 eye ; no white superciliary striiie. Under parts white, thickly spotted with 

 dusky on the breast, the spots lengthening into streaks on the sides ; a nar- 

 row llack maxillary lino; under wing-coverts tinged with yellow. Legs 

 flesh-colored. Length about G inches; wing, 3; tail, 2|. 



This species exhibits a remarkable constancy of coloration with age, sex, 

 and season. The sexes are indistinguishable, and the young are scarcely to 

 be told from the adults. Fall specimens are ordinarily quite as clearly col- 

 ored as those of the spring; and the orange-brown crown-spot, though it 

 may be more or less bright, is acquired by the young with their first full 

 feathering. There is doubtless a very tarly streaky stage. 



ACCORDING to our preseut information, tbe Golden- 

 crowoed Accentor claims j^lace here solely upon the 

 strength of its observed occurrence at the base of the Rocky 

 Mountains of Colorado, near Denver. It is more especially an 

 Eastern species, though it reaches Alaska, and has been taken 



