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Series TIL 



9. D. coronata. A yellow patch on each side of the breast; above 

 ashy streaked with black ; belly white. ^. Breast more or less black ; 

 upper parts ash with a bluish tinge. 9 • Breast only streaked with black ; 

 ash of upper part grayish or brownish. 



Throat white ; a white superciliary streak ; two white bands on 

 wing. Hah. Eastern Province of Nortli America, north to Alaska 

 and Greenland; in winter south to Panama and West Indies (resi- 

 dent in Jamaica !) ........ var. coronata . 



Throat yellow ; no white superciliary streak ; one white patch 

 formed by the fusion of the two bands on the wing. Hab. Western 

 Province of North America from British Columbia, south to Cape 

 St. Lucas and Jalisco,'Western Mexico ; cast to Rocky Mountains. 



var. auduho n i . 

 Series IV. 



10. D. maculosa. Whole lower parts bright yellow ; black streaks 

 across breast and along sides ; crown ash ; lores, auriculars, and back 

 black. 9 scarcely different. Hab. Eastern Province of North Amer- 

 ica, from Fort Simpson to Panama ; Cuba and Bahamas. 



Series V. 



A. Above ashy-blue, or soft bluish-green. 



IL D. caerulea. Lower parts pure white or greenish-white; with or 

 without a narrow band across the breast ; above fine ashy-blue, or soft 

 bluish-green; if blue (^), the back and crown streaked with black; 

 if green (9 '^nd juv.), these streaks obsolete. Hab. Eastern Province 

 of United States (rare northward except in Mississippi Valley), south to 

 Bogota in winter ; Cuba. 



B. Above not ashy-blue nor bluish-green, but streaked with black upon an 

 ashy greenish-olive or yellowish ground, or else bright olive-green. 



a. Sides more or less rufous, and without black or dusky streaks on under 

 surfaces. 



12. D. pennsylvanica. ^. Crown pure yellow; throat and auriculars 

 pure white ; 9 ^'^^ similar, but crown greenish, and more or less streaked. 

 Juv. Above bright olive-green, nearly grass-green, without streaks except 

 on the back; side of head, and sides, clear ashy, the latter with or without 

 a trace of chestnut ; eyelids and medial lower parts pure white. Hab. 

 Eastern Province of United States, south to Panama; Bahamas. 



13. D. castanea. (J. Crown reddish-chestnut; throat and sides rufous ; 

 auriculars black. 9 similar, but crown thickly streaked, sometimes with- 

 out a trace of rufous ; jugulum and tin-oat only tinged with rufous. Juv. 

 Above greenish-olive, streaks obsolete ; beneath, including lower tail- 

 coverts, pale greenish-buff, or whitish-bufF, and without any trace of 

 streaks on the sides (distinction from 9 of D. striata) the sides usually 

 with a tinge of (;hestnut. Hab. Eastern Province of North America, 

 from Hudson's Bay Territory to New Granada. 



b. Sides without any rufous, and with black or dusky streaks. 



Medial lower parts not streaked ; inner ivebs of tail-feathers tvith broad 

 patch of white. 



14. D. striata. ^. Crown deep black; auriculars and lower parts 

 white; throat with two series of black streaks, converging and forming 

 an angle on the chin. Above ashy streaked with black. 9 similar, 



