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NUUTH AMKIUCAN tilUDi^. 



0)Jif n (I'tire of irhite on wiinj!*, or none at all. 



AUovc iii(li<^o-Mue. Winjjr, 2.10; tail, 1.70. Hub. CojiUi Kica and (Juji- 

 teiiiiila vur. iuornata} 



Comj^xothh/pis fjutturnlis, Caranis (Pftrt/h fivf., r>AirvT), "Rev. Am. R), and 



Co/fi/Vsfrt'/H sttjurri/iosum, HahtLAIB {PaniJn 

 sujH'rrihOso, J»All{l>, llev.), liave l»etMi refeiTed 

 by lattT systeiiiatists to this ^'eims ; Imt tlu'y 

 are much mow closely related to Cofu'rosfrum, 

 — a j^eiuis usually assigned to the Cunhithr. 

 The " P." (inthiralia is confined to Costa llica; 

 but " /V sf'jH'rri/ufSK is a species of the 

 table-lands of Mexico, and likelv to be de- 

 i^,r«Ar «,«.nm««, Buuap. tcctcd iu Arizoua or Xcw Mcxico. The char- 



acters of this species are as follows : — 



Conirotiti'iim svpern'Jiosnm, IIartl. R. Z. 1S44, 215. Whole dorsal roirion, includinpf 

 rump. olivf-LMcoii ; rt-.^t of u]»|>or jtarts ashy. Aiitt'rior hall' boiirath yellow, with a crcs- 

 cetitic bar ot'clu'stnut-hrowu across the jiiuuliim ; i»nsteri«M- lower parts white, ashy later- 

 ally. A conspicuous suju'rciliary stripe of white. Wing, 2.00 ; tail, 2.10. 



Farula americana, Bunap. 



BLUE TELLOW-BACXED WABBLEB. 



Parus nnicricnnus, Lisx. Syst. Nat. loth od. 1, 17.'*^, VMK Motrfrilla am. Omf.lin. Siflcia 

 am. Lath., Aid. Sifhicola am. Rich., Aid. — Jonf.s, Nat. iu H«'niuida, 18.31», 59. 

 Porula am. Bon. List Birds N. Am. 1838. — Gosse, lUrds.Tain. 1847, 151 ^Jamaica). — ■ 

 IJaiiio, Birds N. Am. 1858, 238 ; llcv. 1«>9. — Sclatki;, P. Z. S. 1857, 202 (Xalapa). — 

 Ir. llus, 1859, 10 (Guatemala). — Ib. Catal. 1801, 2<), ltJ3. — Nkwtox, Il.is, 18.51>, 143 

 (Santa Cruz ; winter). — Cassis, Pr. A. N. S. 18r»0, 37t> (St. Thoma.s). — Gi'ni)LA<ii, 

 Cab. Jour. 18(51, 326 (Cuba ; vt'iy common). Comjf.sof/tlifpu'i am. Cab. Mus. llciu. 

 1850,20. — I B. Jour. Ill, 1855, 476 (CubiO. Fioilula Jialociciana, Bliis.soN. Muta- 

 cilhi lad. Gm. MotiH-iUii equrs. Bono. S>jlcia forquata, ViEiLL. Thrnothorus torq. 

 Stkfiikn.s. Sifh'ia pusiUa, Wils. Siflciotla pas. i>\VAiss. 



Figures : AuD. Om. Biofj. I, pi. xv. — Ib. Birds Am. II, pi. xci. — Vieill. Ois. Am. II, 

 jil. xcix. — Wils. Am. Oni. IV, pi. xxviii. — Buffox, pi. cnl. decxxxi, lig. 1 ; dicix, 

 % 1. 



Sp. Char. Above blue, the middle of the back with a patch of yellowish-green. Be- 

 neath yellow anteriorh', Avhite behiiul. A red<lish-brown tinge across the breast. Lores 

 and space round the eye dusky ; a small white spot on either eyelid ; sides of head and 

 neck like the crown. Two conspicuous white bands on the wings. Outer two tail-feath- 

 ers with a conspicuous spot of whitr. Female similar, with less brown on the breast. 

 Length, 4.7o ; wing, 2.;>4 ; tail, 1.90, Xest of long moss. 



Hab. Eastern Province of United States, north to the Lakes ("Greenland"), west to 

 the Missouri Valley ; in wintt'r. south to Guatemala (not seen on the west coast of Mexico). 

 West Indies; Baham.as ; Cuba; Jamaica; St. Croix; St. Thomas; Jalapa, Guatemala 

 (Sclater) ; Orizaba, winter (Sumichrast) ; Yucatan (Lawrence) ; Porto Rico and Liagua 

 (Brvaxt). 



1 Pariila inornnta, Baikd, Rev. Am. Birds, I, ISO,'), 171. 



