360 



NORTH AMKRICAN UIKI)S. 



iilf)!)!,' sides an«i .ifross lireast. P»ill. .14 derp. .iJO lonfr ; wiiiir, *2.So ; 

 tail, 'J. (>.'). lliih. Eastern Proviine of I'liitrd States . var. ffi/i-Jis. 



Similar, Imt aiiove more ^'ravish, and l)eiieath with the Imtr tinge 

 almost al)sent. Jiill, .11 deep, and .22 U)n.<: : win-r, 2.80; tail, 2.1;'). 

 JIah. WestJTn Provine*' of I'nited States . . var. s ir (i ih so n t . 



b. Crown very dilferent from the back (dark brown). 



Above olive-brown; innip more virescent; crown <lark snnlf- 

 brown. Beneath miilbrm light yellow, throat whitish. Hill, .15 

 deep, ..">() long, wing, 2.()(> ; tail, 2.10. Hah. Middle America, from 

 Ecnador to Honduras ....... \"d.v. jo seph u} 



259SS 



Vireosylvia calidris, vai. barbatulus, Baird. 



FLORIDA OKEEKLET. 



Phiilhhiavesha)hotiihis,C\\i. Simv. Ill, 18.')5, 467 (<'nba). — (frNDLAcii, ('al>. Jour. ISfi], 

 324 (Cuba). — Ib. Hc[>t'rt(»ri<», Cuba, 1865. Vireosiilcid barfHitula, H.\IKI>, llfv. Am. 

 B. 1864, 331. rimMiltUoqiius, (Iamukl, Pr. A. X. Si-. 1848, 127 (Floritla). — lUinn, 

 Hirds X. Am. 1858, 354 (Florida). Viimsulvin (iHiloqun, ("assin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1851, 

 152. —In. Hlust. 1854, 8, and 221, }•!. xxxvii (Florida). -- Hi:vant, Pr. Bost. Soc. V, 

 1859, 113 (Bahamas). — Lawkkmk, Ami. N. Y. Lye. 1860 (Cuba). 



Sp. Tmak. (Xo. 2r),9.'>,s jj. Cuba.) Proportion of quills as in var. ralfdris. 2 =3, 4, 1, 5, 

 but the tips of the (piills closer together, and the lirst (piill ai)out half or a little less 



than half the distance l)etwcen lifth 

 and fourth ; the quills narrower. 



Colors sini'lar to those of var. calidn's, 

 but of a piu'er and paUr olive above ; 

 the back tinged with ash ; tlie cap 

 pui-er ash, and better (h'fined, without 

 olivaceous wash, its dusky edge more 

 distinct. The superciliary stripe whit- 

 ish or grayish, with the cheeks j>aler, 

 and both, as well as the chin, with- 

 out tilt? bufl' tinge. Pnder parts m-arly pure white, very faintly tinged across the breast 

 with a.shy ; the sides olivaceous: the crissum and axillars pale sulphur-yellow. Total 

 length, .").'>(): wing, .'].l.'); tail, 2..jO : dilference of first and second quills, .18; of fifth 

 and second, .22 ; length of bill from forehead, .82, from nostril, .40, along gape, .89; tarsu.-s, 

 72 ; middle toe and claw, .00; claw alone, .21 ; hind toe and claw, .50; claw alone, ,23. 

 IIau. Cuba; the Bahamas; and Charlotte Harbor, Florida. (Western Coast.) 



This l^itro has been taken several times at Cliarlotte Harbor, in Florida, 



1 l'^. tjilofi WHY. jnsrphtv. llrr.ofq/lviit josepha', Baiuh, Pcv. 1865, '^44 (I'irenjmfpho; SclatkI!, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, 137, pi. eliv). Conipariug ty]>ical t'xainples of this ".species" with those of 

 ffifri's from North Ainorica, they ai»p«*ar very widely ditlereiit indeed, .so far as coloration is 

 eoiiccrned, though nearly identical in form. Piut a .sjM'iiiiien from an intermediate locality 

 (54,262, Orizaba, ^b-xico, F. Sumhiiuast) c«)nibiiics so perfectly all the characters of the two, 

 that it wouM Im' inijKxssible to refer it to one or the other as «listinct .species. It therefore 

 becomes neeessjuy to assume that the /'. jascphfr is a |M'rmanently resident tropical race of a 

 sp'cies of which F. f//7iv/s is the northeni reju'esentative ; which theory is stnuigthened by the 

 fact that <»f the latter there aif no sjx'ciniens found south of the Pnited States, indicating that 

 in winter it does not pas-s K^yond their limit, or at least not far to the uthward. 



Vir^osy'via harfiutuhis. 



