2t>8 Noirni ameuican uijjds. 



It was al.s() observed, AuLjust I'll, l»y Mr. l»*i(l<_r\vay, amoni,' the Imshes of a 

 Ciinoii aiiiung the East lluiiiboKU Mountains, lie ilescrihes its single note 

 as a lisjHMl pxiit. 



Three individuals of this s])ecies were collected l>v Mr. lioucard in Soutliern 

 ^lexico in lSr»i\ and were referred by Dr. Sclater t,» D. c/in/sojKt ('(( (P. Z. S., 

 l.S(i2, p. 111). Su})se«[uently Mr. Salvin describe'! vs a new species, under 

 tlie name of // nhrioiitris^ other imUviduals of the 1). unidfufuli.^ obtained 

 by him in (luatemala. Tlie true si)ecitic rtdations of the s]»eciniens botli 

 fri»ni Soutliern Mexico and Central America have since l>een made clear 

 by Dr. Sclater, litis, isr»r), p. »S7, enabling,' us t»» ^dve this species as a winter 

 visitant of the countries {d>ovt named. Mr. Salvin states (Ibis, ISGO, p. lUl) 

 that these birds were Ibund in most of the elevated districts where pines 

 abound. He procured specimens in the Vcdcan de Fuego, in the hills above 

 the Plain of Salama, and near the mines of Alotepeijue. 



Dendroica pinus, Baird. 



FINE-CBEEPINO WASBIEB. 



Sylvia pinus, Wii.s. Am. Oni. Ill, 1811, 2.'), pi. xix, fijj. 4. — P><>\. ; Nitt. — ArD. Orn. 

 Biog. II, pi. cxi. T/in/of/wnifi pinus, Steph. Sjihkuhi piuu.s, ,Iai:i>. ; lli< ii. ; Bon. ; 

 ACD. Birds Am. II, ]•!. Ixxxii. — Jonks, Nat. BiiiuiKla, 1.*<.">1), 59 (abuiulant in Oct.). 

 Jihimti iiphus pinus, Bon. Ihndruim pinus, BaiiU), Birds N. Am. 1858, 277 ; Kev. 190. 

 — ScLATEii, Catal. 18r>l, 31, no. 189. — CotEs, Pr. A. N. Sc. ISGl, 220 ^Labrador 

 coast). — Samuels, 229. — Bkvant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 18«>7, ♦w (liia^ua). S[ilvia viyomii, 

 Aui). Oru. Biog. I, la32, 153, pi. xxx. Firco ciyorsii. Nurr. 



Sp. Char. Spriinf mdh. I'ppor parts nearly uniform and cloar olive-irrotMi, the f«>atli- 

 ers of the crown witli nilher darker shafts, rndor parts irenerally, except the middle 

 of the belly liehind, and uniler tail-coverts (wliich are white), briirht gambo<re-yello\v, Avith 

 obsolete streaks of dusky on the sides of the breast and bculy. Sides of head ami neck 

 olive-green hke the back, with a l)road superciliary stri})e ; the eyelids and a spot beneath 

 the eye very obscurely yellow : wings and tail l>rown ; the leathers edged with dirty 

 white, and two bands of the same across the coverts. Inner web of the lirst tail-feather 

 with nearly the terminal half, of the second witii nearly the terminal third. <lull incon- 

 spicuous whitt-. Length, o.oO ; wing. .'J.tM) : tad. 2.40. (1.3')G.) 



Spring fennth'. Similar, but more grayish ab(»ve. and ahnost giayish-white. with a tinge 

 o{' y«'llow beneath, instead of l)right yellow. Yimnt/. rnd»er-brown above, and dingy 

 pale a.sln' ])eneath. with a sHght yellowish tinge on the abdomen. Wing anil tail much as 

 in the autumnal adult. 



IIab. Eastern Province of United States, north to Massachusetts : winters in United 

 States. Not recorded in West Indies or Middle America (except Bahamas and Ber- 

 muda?). 



Autumnal males are nuich like spring individuals, but the yellow beneath 

 is softer and somewhat richer, and the olive above overlaid with a reddish- 

 umber tint. 



H.\BIT8. Tlie Pine-cree])ing Warbler is found more or less abundantly 

 throughout the United States from the Atlantic to the Valley of the jMissis- 



