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e*. Facial markings dusky, and with 

 little or no trace of chestnut on 



the sides of the body jyennsyhanica ^ $ ad. 



k'". Above uniform ohve-j-ellow, with no [hiem., p. 287. 



black streaks ; the head uniform 



ohTe-yellow like the back pennsylvanica juv. hiem., 



g". Upper parts ashy grey, the head more [p. 287. 



or less streaked with black ; inner 

 secondaries edged with white; ear- 

 coverts black, with a broad white 

 streak above them ; a supraloral spot 

 of bright yellow; sides of body 



streaked with black nigrescens ad. et juv. 



'. Throat white, with a little yellow on the [hiem., pp. 292, 293. 



chin. 

 h". Side of body uniform ashy white like 

 the breast, or with only hair-like 

 shaft-streaks of black ; head yellow, 

 spotted with black ; nape blackish ; 

 mantle grey, largely mottled with 



black occidentalis hiem., p. 295. 



i". Sides of body broadly streaked with 

 black : head and mantle uniform dull 

 olive-yellow ; forehead like rest of 

 crown, with indistinct hair-like shafts 



lines of black chrysoparia 2 , p. 296. 



. Throat orange or yellow, or washed with 



yellow or ochreous. 

 k". Wing-coverts tipped with white or 

 ashy white. 

 /'". No concealed black on the throat. 

 f^. Rump mottled, black with ashy- 

 olive edges to the feathers ; crnwn 

 laterally black or dusky, with a 

 central coronal patch of orange or 

 yellow; ear- coverts black; sides 



marked with undeimed patches of pale orange. Length 5 inches, wing 2/5, 

 tail ly%, tarsus i%- {Gosse.) 



Female. Nearly as the male, but the deep orange is spread over the whole 

 cheeks, chin, throat, and breast ; head and back dusky grey tinged with olive, 

 and patched with the fulvous much more largely but irregularly, and as if laid 

 wpow the darker hue. (Gosse.) 



The two typical specimens are in the British Museum, but from long exposure 

 to the light in the gallery have become discoloured and faded ; they have been 

 carefully dismounted, like all other typical specimens, and placed in the series 

 of skins ; but the coloration is now so different to that described by Mr. Gosse 

 that I have preferred to rcjjroduce his original descriptions. I can .scarcely 

 believe that the male bird ever exhibited therufouscolour of the throat and chest 

 to the extent shown by Mr. Gosse in his plate of D. coa, wherein also, by repre- 

 senting the tail iu a closed position, the aiEnities of the bird are hidden. The 

 yellow on the outer tail-feathers is a character of the Dcndraca-astiva group, 

 but the colour of the throat is only matched by I), bhickbiiriiics : and 1 have 

 no doubt that D. coa is a hybrid between the last-named bird and B. cesfiva or 

 D. pcfccfiia. 



Hab. Jamaica. 



a,b. J 2 ad. sk. Jamaica. P. H. Gosse, Esq. [C.]. (Types of species.) 



