KTKKiDJ*: — Tin: (»ki(»m:s. isi) 



Haiuts. Nutwitlistaiidiiii: tlic ji]>i».ni'nt a1>uinl;incc' nt" the sjurii-s at ('a]»o 

 St. l.uciis, ami iilso in Noitlitiii Muxifu aluii^^ mir I'liliic l«>i»l('i', as lai- as 

 New Mexico and Texas, (Uir kiinwlcd^L' ut' its history still iviiiaiiis «|nit(* in- 

 complete. A siiiirle specimen was ohtained in Wt-sti'in Texas on the iV-cos 

 liiver, hy Captain I*o])e, in isr»(i. Otheis were ohtaincd liy Lit-uicnant 

 Conch, A]»iil, 1.S53, at Santa Cataiina, in Mexico. They wi'H- Hist seen i»y 

 him in the vieinitv ol' Mnnteiev. The\ were I'ountl to Itc ueneiallv <»f sr- 

 clnded hahits. Their soiii;, consisiiny ot" three or lonr notes, i.s said to he 

 both rich an<l nudodinns. 



In the S:ate of Vera Crnz, this sj»ecies is^iiven hy Sunii(hrast as ocenrrinic 

 in hoth the temperate and the alpine reunions. Its common name is CkIoh- 

 di'i(( IikUh. They are said l>y him to occnr chictly in tin- teiujieiate ]»arts, 

 wliere they l>reed, hut not to be exclusividy conliiu'd there, i»)r ihey are also 

 found in the alpine rei^non to the height of at least live thousand fei't, near 

 Orizaba, and on the ]>lateau at even a higher elevation. Dr. Coopt*r saw a 

 bird at Fort Mohave, in Ajml, which he sup[)osed t<.» be this bird, but he was 

 not able to assure himself of the iact, by obtaiiiinijj it. 



Mr. Xantus found this species very abundant durinj^' his stay at Cape St. 

 Lucas, and ]>rocured a number of specimens ol tin; liirds and of their nests 

 and ogt^s. From his brief notes we gather that the nests are o[»en, and are 

 uot pensile. One, found ^lay 'I'l, was built in a Inmch of moss hanging 



winjjs, aiul tnil, iiu'luiliiit; tho \vhol<' of tin- lowt-r coverts ;ni(l tin- tijts of tlw upper, l>I;i<k. 

 Lesser aiul iiiitMlc ujiper, with lower \viii.i,'-<oveits, jiiinler piiit y^'i I'ink, nuiip. ;iii<l uiiiler piiits 

 <,'eiierally (extt'pt tail-eovert.s), oraii;,'c-yello\v. Len^'th, l>.,'iti ; extiut, 12.tMi ; wiiii^, 4.i><i ; tail, 

 4.25 ; tarsus, 1.1. ">. 



Yoiiiiii or frmiilr. Above yello\vish-i,freen ; iiioic yellow on ln-atl ; throat hlaek ; sides of 

 ncf'k and hody ]>eueath dull yellow. Wiii<,'s <lark hr^wn. the coveits ed^'etl with white ; middle 

 tail-feathers ltrowni>h-l)laek ; outer yellowisli-;freeii, i.en;,'th ahout S im-h.'s. 



Yoiinicer liirds are entirely dull olive-j^reen ahove : ln-ueath <freenish-yell(>w. 



Jhih. Northeastern Mexiro to l!io Crande Valley; south to Guatemala. Oaxaea, .Ian. and 

 March (S( I.. 1S."»S>, oSl) : (fUatfUiala (Sci.. Ihis, I, -JH) ; Vera ( 'ru/. Imt r< ^imi, re.-ideiit (.Sl'MI- 

 ( iiiiAsr, M. \\. S. 1, .'>.'. -2). 



.\ close ally, and jierhaps only a race, of this speci«'s, is the /. proxHumihi^, Stimckl., which 

 diU'ers in smaller size, and in havini; the lower tail-covcits yellow instead of Itlack (see synoptical 

 tahle. p. 77>K 



ll.vinrs. This fiTie species appeals to he an ahundant hiid from Xortheru Mexic.i tliroui;hout 

 that repuhlie antl Centrjd .\merica to Costa llica. ! am m»t aware that any >pecim( iis have hci n 

 procured actually within our territory. It was met with at Saltillo. in the state of ('(lahuila, 

 Mexico, hy I>ieut»*nant Couch, where only a sinulc sperimeii was ohtaimd. It wa> taken at the 

 rancho of Ojo CoUciife, or Hot Sprin.ijs. It was quite shy and dillicult of apjiroach. Like all the 

 other ( Miolt's, it ap]>eared to he ipiite fond of the i>alm-tree known as the .'^pani>h liayonet. 

 It is tjiven hy .^umichrast as of^euiiini: in the dejtartm<'nt of Vera Cruz, where it ap|>ears to he 

 confmetl to the hot region. It is «|uite common in the district of Cordova, to the height of about 

 three thousand feet. 



ilr. Salvin states this to be the only IctrrvK found by him about Duefia:;, where it was not un- 

 coinmon. In a letter written by this naturalist, published in the Il>is of October. ls.'»;», he men- 

 tions havinp; taken the nest and < <rffs of this species. The stiu<ture, thoui,di of the same chaiactt-r. 

 — a han.irinjr ne.st, — is very ditferent from that of I 'julnris, the common species on the Y/abal 

 road. The nest has none of the liepth of the othei, but is comparatively shallow. 



