252 MNIOTILTrD^. 



Merrill, P)-oc. U.S. Nat. Mtis. i. p. 122 (1878); Cortes, Bull. U.S. 



Geol. Surv. iv. p. 563 (1878) ; Conj, B. Bahamas, p. 54 (1880) ; 



Salv.8c Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 117; iid. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 



i.p. 110 (18S0) ; Bielfftv. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus.no. 21, p. 16 (1881) ; 



A. «.y E. Ntwt. Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881) ; Coves, Check-list, 



p. 34 (1882): Boucard, P. Z.S. 1883, p. 440; Tristr. Ibis, 1884, ' 



p. 168 ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 290 (1884) ; Cory, B. 



St. Domingo, p. 23 (1884). 

 OxTglossus maculatus, Simins. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 357 (1828). 

 -Sylvicola varia, Jnrd. ed. Wils. Amer. Orn. i. p. 314, pi. 19. fig. 3 



(1832) ; Bichards. Hep. Brit. Assoc. 1836-37, p. 172 ; Bryant, 



Pruc. Bast. Soc. N. Hist. xi. p. 91 (1867). 

 Nectai'inia varia, Hahn ^ Kiist. Orn,. Atlas, Lief. viii. Taf. 4 (1834). 

 Mniotilta borealis, Nutf. Man. i. p. 705 (1840). 



:Mniotilta varia, var. longirostris, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. xxxi (1858). 

 Mniotilta varia, var. borealis, Bid(/w. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, 



p. 16(1881); Coues, Check-list,'^. M (1882); Ridgio. Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii. p. 17 (1883); Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 



p. 290 (1884). 



Achdt male. General colour above ashy, streaked with black aud 

 white, the feathers glossy black iu the centre, edged with hoary 

 grey ; rump and upper tail-coverts black, the lateral ones broadly 

 edged with white ; lesser wing-coverts glossy black ; median and 

 greater series black, tipped with white, more broadly on the median 

 coverts, the inner ones of which are broadly edged with white; 

 bastard-wing black, with a long white spot at the end of the inner 

 web ; primary-coverts black ; quills black, edged with slaty grey, 

 the inner secondaries more broadly with white ; tail-feathers black, 

 broacUy edged with slaty grey, the centre feathers slaty grey with 

 black centres, the penultimate ones with a white spot at the end of 

 the inner web, larger on the outer feather ; centre of crown and 

 nape pure white, the forehead and sides of crown glossy black, 

 skirting the white central streak on either side ; lores black ; a 

 broad white eyebrow, extending along the sides of the head to the 

 hind neck ; eyelid white ; ear-coverts glossy black : cheeks white ; 

 throat black, the feathers edged with hoary white ; fore neck, breast, 

 and abdomen pure white, the sides of the breast and flanks broadly 

 streaked with glossy black centres : thighs white ; under tail-coverts 

 white, with black centres to the feathers ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white ; quills dusky below, white along their inner edge : 

 "bill black; feet dusky yeUow ; iris hazel" (Audubon). Total 

 length 5 inches, culmen O'o, wing 2-7, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Eeserabling the male on the upper surface, but not 

 so richly "cnloiired and somewhat washed with brown ; facial markings 

 as in the male, but with the ear-coverts dusky brown streaked with 

 black ; no black on the throat, the under surface of the body being 

 white from the chin to the under tail-coverts, the latter having black 

 bases ; flanks washed with brown, the sides of the breast and flanks 

 indistinctly streaked with blackish brown. Total length 4-5 inches, 

 culmen Q-io, wing 2-6, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-6. 



Yon iv I female in first autumn plumage. Very similar to the full- 

 plum aged female, but stiU more strongly suffused with brown, 



