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690.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. 1872, 179 (Kansas, etc.).— Aiken, Pr. Boston Soc. 



1872, 205.— SCL. & Salv., Nom. Ncotr. 1873, 53.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 3 



(abundant in E. Kansas!).— B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 1874, 324, pi. 43, 



Hg. 2. — JoUY, Field and Forest, April, 1877, 178 (District Columbia ; 1 spec.).- 



ElDGW., ib. June, 1877, 208 (Colorado). 

 Musckapa verticalis, Bonap., Am. Orn. I, 1825, 18, pi, 2, tig. 2 ; Synop. 1828, 07. — 



NuTT., Man. I, 1832, 273.— AuD., Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 422, pi. 359; Synop. 



1839, 39 ; B. Am. I, 1840, 199, pi. 54. 

 Laplujctcs verticalis, Caban. & Heine, Mus. Hein. II, 1859, 77, footnote. 



Sp. Ch.— AViiig, 4.75-5.25 ; tail, 3.05-4.00 ; bill, from nostril, .50-.55, 

 depth at base .25-.28, width .35-.3S ; tarsus, .68-.77 ; middle toe .55-.58. 

 AdiiU: Head, neck, and back bluish ash-gray, paler beneath, the chin and 

 upper part of the throat being nearly "svhite ; lores and auiit'idars darker; 

 back and breast tinged Avith olive-green, lighter beneath. Wings dusky, 

 the feathers edged with slate-gray, these edgings broader and lighter on 

 the secondaries. Uiii)er tail-coverts aud tail deep black, the outer webs 

 of the lateral i^air of rectrices yellowish white, in sharp contrast. Lower 

 parts, posterior to the breast, deep sulphur-yellow, paler on the crissum ; 

 the lining of the wing strongly tinged with olive-gray. Crown Avith a 

 concealed patch of bright orange-red or vermilion. Young: Head above 

 and back light brownish-gray, the latter strongly tinged with olive-green ; 

 superciliary region paler than the crown, in quite marked contrast with 

 the dusky-gray auriculars and lores. Chin, throat, and malar region 

 white, gradually passing into j)alc brownish gray on the jugulum, the 

 breast similar, but tinged with jiale olivaceous ; remaining lower parts 

 pale creamy sulphur-yellow. Tail as in the adult ; wings dusky, as in 

 the adult, but the feathers widely edged with x)ale yellowish gray. Xo 

 colored patch on the crown. 



Hab. — The AVestern Province of North America, straggling occa- 

 sionally entirely across the Eastern Province ; "Western Mexico, south to 

 Isthmus of Tehuantepec* and Colima.t 



11.— TYKANNUS Y0CIFERx\.NS. 



Tymviius rociferam, Swains., Quart. Jour. XX, 1820, 273 (Mexico) ; Pliilos. Mag. 1, 1827, 

 3G8.— Baii:d, B. K Am. l.'-Sb, 174; Mex. Bound. Surv. 11, 1859, pt. ii,8, pi. 

 10 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 127.— SCL., P. Z. S. 18.;9, 383 (Oaxaca ; Feb.) ; Ibis, 

 1859, 439 (Oaxaca ; Guatemala); Catal. 18G2, 235, No. 144(5 (LosNogales, Sono- 

 ra) ; P. Z. S. 1864, 17G (City of Mexico).— Scl. & Salv., Ibis, 1859, 120 (Vera Paz, 

 Guatemala) ; Nom. Neotr. 1873, 53 (Mexico and Guatenuila). — Coues, Pr. Pbilad. 

 Ac. 1860, 59 (Arizona) ; Key, 1872, 170 ; Check List, 1873, No. 245 ; B. N. W. 

 1874, 238.— Cooper, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 314 (Southern Cal. ; breeding north to 

 Sta. Cruz ; wintering north to Los Angeles). — Aiken, Pr. Boston Soc. 1872, 205 

 (S. E. Wyomiug).— MEintiAM, Eep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1872, 690.— SuMiciiR., 

 Meiu. Boston Soc. I, 1809, 557 (Vera Cruz).— B. B. & P., Hist. N. Am. B. II, 

 1874, 327, pi. 43, tig. 5.— RiDGW., Bull. Essex lust. Nov. 1873, 184 (Colorado); 



*58,S50, 9 ad., Japana, Tehnantcpec, April 29, 1869; F. Snmichrast. 

 1 3.5,0;; 1, <? ad., Plains of Colima, October, ]8':)3; J. Xantus. 



