ORDER PASSERES, 273 



Genus COMPSOTHLYPIS Cabanis. 



Compsothlypis Cab. Mus. Hein. I, 1850, 20. Type, Parus ameri- 

 canus Linn. 



648. Compsothlypis americana (Linn.). 



Par u la Warbler. 



Parus americanus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 190. 

 Compsothlypis americana Cab. Mus. Hein. I. 1850, 20. 



[B 168, C 58, R %^, C 93.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, west to the Plains, north to 

 Canada, and south in winter to the West Indies, Eastern Mexico and 

 Nicaragua. Breeds locally throughout its United States range. 



649. Compsothlypis nigrilora (Coues). 



Bennett's Warbler. 



Parula nigrilora Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. 



IV. 1878, II. 

 Compsothlypis nigrilora Stejn. Auk, I. April, 1884, 170. 



[B— , C—, R 89^, C 94.] 



Geog. Dist. — Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas, and 

 southward in Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and southeastern San Luis 

 Potosi. 



Genus DENDROICA Gray. 



Subgenus PERISSOGLOSSA Baird. 



Perissoglossa Baird, Rev. Am. B. I. April, 1865, 180. Type, 

 Motacilla tigrina Gmel. 



660. Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.). 



Cape May Warbler. 



Motacilla tigrina Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 985. 

 Dendroica tigrina Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 286. 



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