220 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



but crown greenish sti'eaked with black ; lower parts tinged with green- 

 ish. Juv. Above greenish-olive, the streaks obsolete ; beneath pale 

 greenish-yellow; theloiver tail-coverts pure white. Hob. Eastern Prov- 

 ince of North America, north to Greenland and Kodiak, south to Bogota, 

 Cuba, and Bahamas. 



Medial lotver i^arts streaked tuith black ; inner webs of tail-feathers merely 

 edged ivith ivhite. 



15. D. pharetra.' ^. Above grayish-white, with broad streaks of 

 black ; posteriorly, plain brownish-gray ; lower parts with cuneate spots 

 of black. Hab. Jamaica, 



Series VI. 



A. A black " mask " around the eye and on auriculars, and extending down the 

 side of the throat ; a light superciliary stripe continued back into a large space, of 

 similar color, on side of neck. 



16. D. blackburniae. Crown with an orange or yellowish spot (ex- 

 posed or concealed) ; superciliary stripe, side of neck and throat, intense 

 orange-red (^ ad.), or varying from this to pale buff (juv.). $ intense 

 black above; back streaked with white or yellowish. 9 olive-gray above, 

 streaked with black. Juv. olive-gray above without distinct streaks. 

 Hab. Eastern Province of United States, south to Ecuador ; Bahamas. 



17. D. dominica. Crown without an orange or yellowish spot; super- 

 ciliary stripe and side of neck pure white ; throat gamboge-yellow ; 

 above ash, without streaks. 



Superciliary stripe bright yellow anterior to the eye. Bill, .4.5 ; 

 tarsus, .60 ; wing, 2.60 ; tail, 2.00. Hab. Atlantic United States 

 and West Indies ....... var. d o ru i n tea. 



Superciliary stripe pure white anterior to the eye. Bill, ..'35; 

 tarsus, .60 ; wing, 2.70 ; tail, 2.20. Hab. Mississippi region of 

 United States; Mexico (Yucatan on east coast, and Colima on west 

 coast); Guatemala and Honduras .... var. albilor a. 



B. No black " mask." Superciliary stripe scarcely reaching behind the eye. 

 Sides of neck ashy like the back. 



18. D. graciae. Auriculars, neck, crown, and upper parts generallv, 

 ashy ; a supra-loral stripe, a crescent on the lower eyelid, and the anterior 

 lower parts gamboge-yellow. Crissum white. 



Back and sides streaked with black ; abdomen luhite. 



Yellow of throat terminating abruptly at the jugulum; supra- 

 loral stripe extending about .20 of an inch past the eye, this portion 

 of it white ; dorsal streaks broad. Wing, 2.60 ; tail, 2.20. Hab. 

 Arizona (Fort Whipple) ....... var. gracice. 



Yellow of throat covering whole jugulum, and not ending abrupt- 

 ly ; supra-loral stripe scarcely passing the eye, and wholly yellow ; 

 dorsal streaks narrow. Wing, 2.20; tail, 1.95. Hab. British Hon- 

 duras (Belize) var. decora. 



' Back and sides not streaked with black ; abdomen yellow. 

 Yellow of throat extending back to the crissum ; supra-loral 

 stripe as in the last; dorsal streaks wanting. Wing, 2.10 ; tail, 1.95. 

 Hab. Porto Rico var. adelaidceJ 



1 D.pharctra, Baikd, Rev. 192. (Sylvicola plmretra, GossE, Birds Jam. 1847, 163.) 



2 Z>. adelaidce., Baird, Rev. April, 1865, 212. 



