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long dorsal plumes, is entirely green, and the throat and fore-neck 

 are much more mottled with black streaks and centres to the feathers 

 than in the adult birds. Tlie green feathers of the back are of 

 course assumed at the autumn moult ; but the grey colour of the 

 decorative plumes and the piirpiish neck with the glaucous lustre, 

 which are merely indicative of breeding-plumage, are assumed at 

 the nesting-season without any direct moult. 



Hab. North America generally, through Central America to 

 Panama and Venezuela. Greater and Lesser Antilles. 



a. Juv. sk. 



b. (S ad. ; c, d. 

 5 imm. sk. 



e,f. 5 juv. sk. 



//. S ad. sk. 



//. 2 juv. sk. 



i. Imm. sk. 



k. $ ad. sk. 



/. Juv. sk. 



m, n. Ad. sk. 



o-s. (5 ad. etjuv. 



t. $ ad. sk. 

 M. cJ ad. sk. 



V, IV. 2 ad. sk. 

 X. Ad. sk. 



New Jersey. 



J. E. HiU'ting, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sing Sing, New York, Sept. 



[C. H. Merriarn : Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 Lvons Falls, N. Y., Aug. 19 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



'{A. J. Dayan: Hensh. Coll.). 

 Mount Carmel, Illinois, Aug. 25 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(E. W.Nelson: Hensh. Coll.). 

 Wellesley, Mass., Oct. 4 (H. 



W. Henshaw). 

 Eastern Branch, District Co- 

 lumbia, Aug. 21 {Elliot 



Cones). 

 Aiken, S. Carolina, March 27 



(C. H. Merriarn : Hensh. 



Coll.). 

 Arlington, Virginia, July 22 



(Eliiot Cones). 

 Florida. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



W. B. Disraore, Esq. 



. . , tP-]- 



Tarpon Springs, Floiida, March, Salviu-(iodman Coll. 



April, July ( W. E. D. Scott). 

 De Soto County, Florida ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



R. Bean). 

 Bermuda, April. 

 California. 



y, z, a', c? 2 ad 

 sk. 



Capt.SavileReid[C.]. 

 J. H. Gm-nev, Esq. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b', c'. cJ ad. sk. 



//'. 2 ad. sk. 



A', i'. d ; k'. 2 



ad. sk. 

 /'. (S ad. sk. 



7)1 . 2 ; w', o', p . 



(S ad. sk. 

 q'. tS ad. sk. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ivio San Juan, Nuevo Leon, 



May 25 (F. B. Armstrong). 

 Brownsville, Texas, March, 



May (F. B. Armstrong), 

 d', e. S ad. et Corpus Christi, Oct. 1 {F. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



juv. sk. Arynstrong). 



f. <S ad. sk. Hidalgo, April 6 (F. B. Ann- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



strong). 

 Aransas Bay, Jan. 4 {F. B. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Armstrong). 

 Nueces County, April to June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{F. B. Armstrong). 

 San Antonio, April 23 {H. E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dresser). 

 Tampico, Mexico, J uue ( W. B. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Richardson). 

 Cordova, Sept. {Ferrari- Perez). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



