274 imiOTILTID^. 



pt. 3, p. 431 (1877) ; Boncnrd, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 52 ; Coties, B. Color. 

 Vail. p. 252 (1878) ; id. Bull. U.S. Geul. Snrv. iv. p. 565 (1878); 

 Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mm. i. p. 123 (1878) ; Scl. ^- Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494 ; Salt: ir Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 117 ; iid. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 124 (1880) ; Cory, B. Bahamas, p. 56 

 (1880) ; Eidyw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 17 (1881) ; Boucard, 

 P. Z. S. 1883, p. 334 ; Nelson, Cruise B. S. ' Corivin.; p. 63 (1883) ; 

 Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 298 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above greenish yellow, lighter on the 

 rump ; lesser wing-coverts like the back : median and greater 

 coverts dusky blackish, edged and tipped with bright yellow ; 

 bastard-wing blackish brown, narrowly fringed with yellow ; pri- 

 mary-coverts and quills brown, margined with yellow, broader on 

 the secondaries : upper tail-coverts yellow, with dark-brown centres ; 

 tail-feathers dark brown, edged with yellow, all but the centre ones 

 yellow, brown along the outer web and across the end of the inner 

 one ; crown of the head like the back ; forehead golden yellow, ex- 

 tending on to the sinciput ; lores, eyebrow and feathers round the 

 eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks bright golden yellow, extending on the 

 sides of the neck ; throat and entire underparts bright golden 

 yellow ; the fore neck, chest, sides of body, and flanks streaked with 

 chestnut ; thighs and under taU-coverts golden yellow : under wing- 

 coverts and axillarics bright golden yellow ; quills dusky below, 

 inner edges yellow : " bill dark blue, the lower mandible edged with 

 yeUow ; feet and claws pale brown ; iris brown " (Audubon). Total 

 length 4 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2*5, tail 1*7, tarsus 0-75. 



Female. Duller coloured above than the male, only the base of 

 the forehead brighter yellow ; eyebrows, lores, sides of the face, and 

 under surface of the body paler yellow than in the male, and with- 

 out the chestnut streaks ; only a few faint indications of rufous 

 streaks on the sides of the breast and flanks. Total length 4'1 

 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2*45, tail 1*7, tarsus 0"75. 



All alt inah in tv inter ^jlumage. A little greener olive than in the 

 summer dress, the colour of the breast extending further on to the 

 head, and leaving a loss extent of bright yellow on the forehead ; 

 the chestnut streaks on the under surface not nearly so pronounced. 



Young in iv inter plumage. Eesembling the old female, but duUer 

 in colour and more ashy olive above, with only a faint tinge of 

 yellow on the forehead ; the rump and upper tail-coverts a little 

 brighter olive-yellow ; the brown on the tail-feathers more ex- 

 tended, and the yellow more restricted ; eyelid whitish ; lores, sides 

 of face, and ear-coverts pale yellowish ; under siirface of body pale 

 yellow, whiter on the throat, and without a sign of any streaks. 



Young males in winter plumage are much brighter than the females, 

 and have a few chestnut streaks on the chest and on the flanks. 



Nestling. Didl ashy brown with a slight tinge of olive ; wing- 

 coverts and quills black, edged with olive-yellow, whiter at the ends 

 of the greater coverts ; under surface of body ashy, whiter on the 

 abdomen. 



Hah. North America generally, wintering in Central America 

 from Mexico to Panama, and occurring also in Guiana, Trinidad, 

 Colombia, Ecuador, and Upper Amazonia. The specimens from the 



