244 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



This s]H'cics is m(»st closely related t«» D. luhJnliJa , from Porto TJico ; but 

 in the hitter the yellow beneath extends back tc» tlie erissuni, eoverin*!: even 

 the sides ; tliere are also no streaks on the sides nr back ; the proportions, 

 too, are (piite dillerent, the win^s and tail l)ein<j: scarcely three fourths as huiir, 

 M'hile the bill and feet are nuich tlie same si>5e, the tarsi even niucli sliorter. 

 A specimen (Xo. 41,8U8 $) from IJelize, Honduras, ditlers so essentially from 

 the Fort WIiipi)le sj)ecimens, thjit it is, beyond doubt, entitled to a distinc- 

 tive name. Tht; iHtferences between tliese two very well marked races can 

 best be expressed in a table, as foUows : — 



(40.080. ^, K(.it Wliipple. Arizona). Kill (rK»ni nostril). .DO; tarsus. .00; win.«j-, 

 li.UO ; tail, 'J.liO. SinxTciliarv strip** extending .*J(» lu'liind the oyt'. that portion 

 behind the eyt' white ; ydlow of jn<rnlinn not spieading over l)rea.st (ending 

 1.35 from the hill). Streaks of crown coalesced inro a broad stripe on each 

 side; those of bjick broad, and those on np|»er tail-coverts almost c»bsoletc. 

 Wing-bands, .2(> wide. Lore duskv-gra\ ish. Hah, Fort \Vhij»ple, near Pres- 

 cott, Arizona ; aliundaut, bree<ling (Coi'Ks) ..... \nv. ;/ ra r i a . 



(41,S08, (J, Belize). Bill. .;50: tarsus, .(50; wing. 2.20; tail, 1.05. Superciliary 

 stripe scarcelv itassinir the eve, whollv yellow: vellow of jUL'ulum spreailinu" 

 over breast (ending l.OO from the bill). Streaks i»f the crown scarcely coalesced 

 along its sides; those on back not longer than those on crown, and those on 

 upper tail-coverts very conspicuous. Wing-bands, .10 ^\ ide. Lore deep black. 

 Ildfi. Belize, Honduras, resident ? ....... var. decora. 



H.VBIT8. We are indebted to Dr. Elliott Coues for all that we at present 

 know in reference to this recently discovered sjjecies. He first met with it 

 Julv 2, lS«i4, in the Territory of Arizona. I)r. Cones tir.st noticed this 

 bird anion*.! the pine woods coverinji the summit of Whipjde's Pass of the 

 Iiockv Mountains. He saw no more in liis journey into C entral Arizona 

 until he Mas a«4ain anionu the pines at Fort Whipple. Tliere he again 

 found it, and it proved to be a very common bird. Dr. ('(mes antici]»ates 

 that this s|)ecies will yet be found to occur in the forests of the San Fran- 

 cisco Mountains, and that its ran«je will be a.scertained to include all the 

 i»iiie tracts oi' Xew Mexico and Arizona, from the vallev of the Bio Grande 

 to that of the (Ireat Colorado Biver. He also has no doubt that it breeds 

 near and around Fort AVhi])])le. 



Specimens found at Belize, first believed to be identical with those from 

 Arizona, are now referred to a race called throra. 



Accordinu' to Dr. Coues's observations, the Warbler arrive.s at Fort Whip- 

 ple about the 2nth (jf April, and remains in that neighborhood until the third 

 week in September. It is found alnujst exclusively in j»ine woods, is active, 

 industrious, and noisy, and ])osses.ses very marked tlycatching habits, Hying 

 out from its ])erch to catch ]tassing insects. It has been, so fur, found almost 

 exclusively among the tallest trees. 



In regard to the song of this s]>ecies. Dr. Coues states that it ap])ears t«) 

 have several different notes. One of these is the ordinary As/y^, given out at 

 all times by both old and young of all kinds of small insectivorous birds. 



