490 ADDENDA 



5815. Melospiza melodia maxillaris Grinn. SUISUN SONG SPARROW. 



Size of heermanni but base of maxilla more swollen, black streakings 

 broader, coloration darker. 

 6ooa. Passerina versicplor pulchra Ridgw. BEAUTIFUL BUNTING. 



Adult male like versicolor but red on occiput brighter, flanks brighter 

 plum purple, and rump more purplish. Male: wing 2.50-2.65, tail 2.05- 

 2.30. 

 611.2. Progne chalybea (Gmel). GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN. 



Like female subis, throat and breast gray. 

 6i2a. Petrochelidon lunifrons tachina Oberh. LESSER CLIFF SWALLOW. 



Like lunifrons but smaller, forehead ochraceous. 

 6i2.ia. Petrochelidon fulva pallida Nels. COAHUILA CLIFF SWALLOW. 



Like tachina but larger and paler. 

 62?a. Vireosylva gilva swainsoni (Baird). WESTERN WARBLING VIREO. 



Like gilva but smaller and with slenderer bill, coloration duller and 

 darker. Length: 4.75-5.40, wing 2.55-2.85, tail 2-2.30, bill from nostril 

 .29-.31, depth at base .15-. 16. 

 633!). Vireo belli medius Oberh. TEXAS VIREO. 



Like belli but grayer above, less yellow below. 

 645. Vermivora rubricapilla rubricapilla (Wils.). NASHVILLE WARBLER. 



Like gutturalis but less brightly colored ; wings and tail shorter. 

 6520. Dendroica aestiva brewsteri Grinn. CALIFORNIA YELLOW WARBLER. 



Like cestiva but smaller and paler. Male: wing 2.42, tail 1.96. 

 660. Dendroica castanea (Wils.). BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 



Adult male. Forehead and cheeks black, crown chestnut; throat, 

 upper breast, and sides chestnut rufous. Adult female. Crown olive 

 green streaked with black and usually some chestnut; under parts 

 buffy, breast and sides more or less stained with rufous. 

 6633. Dendroica dominica albilora Ridgw. SYCAMORE WARBLER. 



Adult male. Line in front of eye white, forehead blackish, upper 

 parts gray; cheeks and sides of throat black, throat and breast yellow, 

 sides streaked with black. Adult female. Similar but with less black. 

 Wing: 2.60, tail 2, bill .45. 

 671. Dendroica vigorsi (And.}. PINE WARBLER. 



Adult male. Upper parts bright olive green, wings with two white 

 bars, outer tail feathers with white patches; under parts yellow turning 

 to white. Adult female. - = Similar but upper parts brownish green, under 

 parts soiled whitish, breast tinged with yellow. Length: 5.52, wing 2.81, 

 tail 2.25. 



675. Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis (Gmel.). WATER-THRUSH. 

 Like notabilis but slightly smaller and line over eye buffy, under parts 



tinged with yellow and streaked, including throat. 



676. Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.). LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH. 

 Line over eye white, throat and middle of belly unstreaked. 



681. Geothlypis trichas trichas (Linn.). MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 



Like occidentalis but band behind black, gray. 

 683. Icteria virens virens (Linn.). YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 



Like longicauda but wings and tail shorter. 

 7i8b. Thryothorus ludovicianus lomitensis Senn. LOMITA WREN. 



Like ludovicianus but paler; upper parts grayish brown, under parts 

 clay to buffy white; in winter chocolate above, sometimes tawny below. 

 Wing: 2.24, tail 2.05, bill .62. 

 725d. Telmatodytes palustris iliacus Ridgw. PRAIRIE MARSH WREN. 



Like plesius but upper parts darker, more rufescent, flanks conspicu- 

 ously deep cinnamon-buff or cinnamon. 

 73oa. Sitta pygmaea leuconucha Anth. WHITE-NAPED NUTHATCH. 



Like pygmcea but larger, especially the bill ; light spot on back of neck 

 larger, back less bluish, under parts less buffy. 

 732a. Eaeolophus atricristatus sennetti Ridgw. SENNETT TITMOUSE. 



Like atricristatus but decidedly larger, upper parts much clearer gray, 

 forehead more often tinged with brown. Adult male. Length (skins) 

 5.60, wing 3.05, tail 2. 62, bill .43. 



