Vol. XXII"! Oberholser, Forms of Vermivora celata. 24S 



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Puebla: — Orizaba; Huachinango. 



San Luis Potosi :— Soledad ; San Luis Potosi. 



Tamaulipas : — Matamoras. 



Vermivora celata sordida {Townsend). 



Helminthophila celata sordida Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 

 1890, p. 139. 



Chars, subsp.— Similar to Vermivora celata orestera, but wing shorter; 

 bill longer; upper and lower parts darker and duller. 



Type locality. — San Clemente Island, California. 



Geographical distribution. — Santa Barbara Islands, California; occa- 

 sional on adjacent mainland. 



Specimens have been examined from the following localities : 



California : — Santa Catalina Island; Santa Cruz Island ; Santa Rosa 

 Island; San Clemente Island ; Pasadena. 



Vermivora celata lutescens (Ridgway). 



Helminthophaga celata var. lutescens Ridgway, Amer. Journ. Sci. and 

 Arts, 3rd Ser., IV, Dec. 1S72, p. 457. 



Chars, subsp. — Similar to Vermivora celata sordida, but smaller, and 

 lighter colored, the yellow of lower parts brighter, the olive green of 

 upper surface more yellowish. 



Type locality. — Fort Kenai, Alaska. 



Geographical distribution. — Pacific coast region, from Cook Inlet, 

 Alaska, to Los Angeles County, California, east to the Sierra Nevada and 

 Cascade Mountains ; in winter east to Nevada and Arizona, and south 

 through western Mexico to Guatemala. 



Birds from the northern Sierra Nevada (Lake Tahoe to Mount 

 Lassen) are somewhat intermediate between V. c. lutescens and V. 

 c. orestera, but appear to be nearer the former. In the original 

 description of this race 1 the range is said to be " Pacific coast from 

 Kadiak to Cape St. Lucas," and Mr. Ridgway has recently given 2 

 the type locality as Kadiak Island ; but the Kadiak bird is, as 

 already noted, almost typical celata ; while the type locality is 

 really Fort Kenai, Alaska, as proved by the type specimen, an 



1 Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, 3rd. Ser., IV, Dec. 1872, p. 457. 



2 Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, p. 467. 



