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from typical vieilloti, from Carthagena. In the collection of the 
Philadelphia Academy I find a single specimen labelled “S. rujica- 
pilia,” without indication of locality, which differs decidedly from 
all others I have seen in being much smaller, and in having the 
orange-brown of the head and throat extending farther down as a 
broad lappet over the neck to the jugulum, instead of being confined 
to the head alone. The lateral tail feather has perhaps less yellow 
on its outer web, though the markings of the tail and wings are 
very similar. The size is considerably less; the wings half an inch 
shorter ; the middle toe and claw one-tenth of an inch shorter; the 
bill is more slender ; the wing formula is the same. Of its distinction 
from vieilloti as a species I have little doubt, and can only regret 
the uncertainty in regard to the locality. It agrees very well, espe- 
cially in the greater extension of the rufous of the throat, with the 
Sylvia ruficapilla of Vieillot, as cited above, from Martinique ; and 
it may be really a West Indian species. 
Specimen in collection of Philadelphia Academy 
Dendroica olivacea. 
Sylvia olivacea, Giraup, Birds Texas, 1841, 14, pl. vii, fig. 2.—Scrarer, 
P. Z. 8. 1855, 66.—Sylvicola olivacea, Cassin, Ill. Birds Texas, etc. 
1855, 283, pl. xlviii.—Rhimanphus olivaceus, ScuateR, P. Z. 5. 1856, 
291 (Cordova).—Dendroica olivacea, ScuatreR P. Z. S. 1858, 298 
(Oaxaca; cold region).— Dendroica olivacea, ScLaTER, P. Z. 8. 1859, 
363 (Jalapa).—Is. Catal. 1861, 31, no. 190. 
Sylvia teniata, Dosus, Bull. Acad. Brux. XIV, 1847, 104.—Is. Rev. Z. 
1848, 245.—Sylvicola teniata, Boy. Consp. 1850, 309. 
JTab. Mexico (both coasts to the southward) ; Guatemala. 
I{ead and neck all round, with jugulum, brownish-saffron, with a greenish 
tinge on the nape. Rest of upper parts ashy. Middle and tips of greater 
wing coverts white, forming two bands on the wing; a third white patch at 
the bases of the primaries (except the two outer), and extending forwards 
along the outer edges. Secondaries edged externally with olive green. Inner 
webs of quills conspicuously edged with white. Under parts, except as de- 
scribed, white, tinged with brownish on the sides; a narrow frontal band, and 
a broad stripe from this through eye and over ear coverts, black. Outer tail 
feather white, except at base and towards tip; greater portion of inner web 
of next feather also white, much more restricted on the third. 
Length, 4.60; wing, 2.88; tail, 2.15; tarsus, .75. 
A female specimen (14,369), perhaps also in autumnal plumage, has the 
saffron replaced by clear yellowish, except on top of head and nape, which 
are olive green. The black frontal and lateral bands are replaced by whitish, 
leaving only a dusky patch on the ears. 
The bill in this species is quite peculiarly slender and depressed, 
and the culmen is straighter than in any other Dendroica. The nos- 
