svi.viroMD.K — TiiK \v.\1!i;ij:ks. 201 



from lores. thioiii:li tin- fv.-. \vi<l.'iiiiii.' luOiiiul, Juif n<»t crossiii;,' ihron<_'h the V'^How. B.nr:\tli, 

 iurliuliiiL'' iii>i<l»' nrwiii<_'s. white: ;i laiirf patch t»l" hlin-k coverint;' ilu- ••hiii an<l throat, aiid 

 weiipyint.'- the «'ntiif sjiac*' lictwcrii thf VfH.iw patches ot" the two >itU-.-« of the head aixl 

 neck, ami ixtcmlctl aloni.' the >i(h's in a .series of stfi-ak-. Feathefs of crissiim with Mack 

 et'iifics. WiiiLis aliovc a>hv, with two white liaiuls a('r<»ss tlie eovei1>. the .«icapiihirs 

 .<treaki'<l with l»hicki-.h : tiist (|mi11 vihju-il ext'-niallv with while, tlie rest with ^Tuy. Tail- 

 feathers hhickisli. «'il;.''eil rxtcriially with ashy, the hitcral with wliite at the hast-. Outer 

 tail-ft-athcr white oil tht; iiuu'r Wi'h, rxcfpt a >t'ipe aloii^' the shall near the finl; s«H*<»n<l 

 siiuihir. hut the white not reaehiiijr so far towanis the ha>e ; third with a shoit patch of 

 wliite ill the end. Hill and le-rs brownish-hlaek. liill unusually thick. Length, 4..'>(); 

 winjr. '_'..'.(» : tail. I'.ht; tai>ii<. l».7'». 



II.M!. Vera Ta/,. Guatemala; San Antonio, and Medina River, Texas. (Ukkrmann 

 and DRKr«:iKK.) 



Tlie ea])tinv «>f s|XM-iim'ns of this specios at San Antonio, Texas, 1»\' Dr. 

 Ileerniann, and nn the Medina ll'iwv l>y Mr. Dresser, entitles it to a phico in 

 our fauna. The s|iecinn'n deserilxMJ ahove is Mr. Salvin's type. 



Haiut.s. a single specimen is said to have been taken near San .Vnt(»nio, 

 Texas, 1»\' Dr. Heerniann. It is tliouuht to he ])rol»al)ly a hird 1teh)n^inLi- to 

 the fauna of Arizona and New Mexico, and is uiven hviJothetieallv 1)V Dr. 

 Cooper anions: the l.irds of California. In its ujtpearanee it resendJes I), 

 vircuii, I). tovHscuilii, and J), (.rrlilmtnlis. It v. as originally deseril»ed l»y 

 Salvin from a single specimen ohtai"ed in (Juateniala. Anotlier \rA\Y was 

 afterward obtained by Mr. Salvin on the highest point of the road between 

 Salania and Tactic. In regard to its habits, nothing is on record. 



Dendroica virens, Baird. 



BLACK-THSOATED OBEEN WABBLEB. 



MotaciUit virens, (Imf.i.in, Syst. Xat. I, 17S8, 98.'). SiiJcio virens. Lath.: Vikili.ot; 

 WiLs. II ; XtTT. : r»oN. ; Al'l». Oin. Hiog. IV, pi. eccxcix. — (iAFKK, Xauinannia, 

 18r»8, 423 ^HcliLCtilaiid, Kunipc, an orii;iiial description). SiilviotJn vioiis, .s\v. ; All). 

 Birds Am. II, pi. Ixxxiv. - KKiMiAitm, Vid. Med. for IS.'):}, 1854, 72, 81 ((Jrccnland). 

 Ithiiiioiiphtis virrns, ('\r,. .Mas. H»in. .lour. Ill, 1^.'»,'», 474^('ul»a; winter). — Sclatkr, 

 P. Z. S. iS.'tt), 2;»1 i<'<.rd.ivaK Ihitilrniv" vinns, HaikI), I'.iids N. Am. IS.'.S, 2t;7 : 

 Kev. 182. — Sci.ATKU & Sai.vin. lliis, 1S.'»1>, 1 (( luatciiiala). -- Sct.ATF.R, I*. Z. S. 1859, 

 3ti:3 (Oaxa. a ') : :J73 (.\alapa) ; Ibis, !{<♦).'», 89. — Lawukn<k, Ann. X. V. Ly.'. Vll, KstJl, 

 293 (Tanaina). — (JiNni,. ('ah. .lour. IstH, 32t; (Cuha). — I)i:kssf.i:, Ihis, 18»)'», 232. 

 — Samuels, 222. Maiotilta cir> ns, Kcimiaukt, Ibis, HI, 1861, 5 ^.luliauhaah. (Jrcen- 

 laiul). 



Sp. Char. Male. rp{>er parts, exclusive of wincr and tail, clear yellow olive-jjrreen ; 

 the feathers of the hack with hiijdeii streaks of hlack. Koreheail and .side.s ot" head ami 

 neck, incliidinur a superciliary stiipe. l)ri<rht yellow. A dusky olive line Ironi the bill 

 throuirh the eye. and another below it. (^hin. throat, and forepart of the breast, extend- 

 injr some <listance alonir o:i the sides, continuous bhick ; rest of uiuler parts white. tiuLfed 

 with yellow on the breast and tlaiiks. \Vin«rs and tail-feathers dark brown, edired with 

 hluish-^ray ; two white bands on tlu' wiuir: the irreater part of the three outer tail-feath- 

 ers whiti'. Female similar, but duller; the throat vellow ; the black of hreast inueh con- 



