PARULA. Ltt 
Parula inornata. 
Parula inornata, Barrp. 
Parula brasiliana, Scuater & Sary. Ibis, 1860, 397 (Coban, Guatemala). 
Not of Licur. 
Hab. Guatemala and Costa Rica. 
By the kindness of Mr. Salvin I have been enabled to examine a 
specimen of the supposed P. pitiayumi, from Guatemala (no. 187 
(1,488) Salvin’s coll., Choctun, Vera Paz, Jan. 1860), and find that 
it differs sufficiently from the South American bird to entitle it to a 
specific name. Mr. Salvin’s specimen is probably a female; but 
compared with females of the old species it is decidedly smaller, the 
tail especially, and with its feathers narrower. The farsi are shorter. 
The under parts are paler yellow, with very little or no ochraceous 
on the breast. The edge of the wing is blue, not white, and the 
wing lacks the two sharply defined white bands across the coverts— 
their presence being only indicated by a scarcely appreciable lighten- 
ing of the blue in the region of the bands. ; 
Total length, 4.20; wing, 1.95; tail, 1.75; width of outer feather, .20; 
length of bill from forehead, .45, from nostril, .29; tarsus, .62; middle toe 
and claw, .48; hind toe and claw, .37. 
The comparison of this specimen has been made with an extensive 
series of P. pitiayumi, from Bogota, Trinidad, Brazil, and Paraguay. 
Notr.—Since writing the preceding article, specimens received 
from Mr. Carmiol fully substantiate the distinctness of the Central 
American Bird. One of these shows a little whitish on the edges of 
the greater coverts, but none on the median, 
Smith-|Collec-; Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. : Received from Collected b 
ND. No. | Age. Collected. y 
187 4 5 
1,488 Choctun, Vera Paz. | Jan. 1860. Cabs OeSal vine | eae etic 
34,649 a0 2 | Angustura, C. R. Mars S5104-0 edo Carmike 0 aes lene 
35,221 50 os | Dota, C. R. Aug. 27, 764. SSE ED) OP RE eee 
35,222 aS Q ee < et mien eel (Ca FASS cre 
Parula superciliosa. 
Conirostrum superciliosum, Hartiavs, R. Z. 1844, 215 (Guatemala).— 
Parula superciliosa, Scuater, P. Z. S. 1858, 299.—In. Catal. 1861, 
26, no. 164.—Scrater & Satviy, Ibis, I, 1859, 10. 
Parula mexicana, Bor. Consp. 1850, 310.—Compsothlypis mexicana, 
Casanis, Mus. Hein. 1850, 21. 
Hab. Mexico (La Parada, Oaxaca, Orizaba) ; Guatemala. 
Upper parts ashy ; interscapulum and whole back, except upper tail coverts, 
olive-green ; this color tinging the lesser wing coverts. Beneath, from chin 
