532 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



b\ Superciliary stripe bright yellow ; top of head with a black stripe on each 

 side, and forehead black medially. 



Side of head rich chestnut, becoming blackish on lores ; lower parts 

 yellow, changing to olive-green laterally ; length about 5.00, wing 

 2.30-2.60, tail 2.40-2.60. Hab. Guatemala and eastern Mexico; 



southern Texas? 693. B. belli (GIRAUD). Bell's Warbler. 



b*. Superciliary stripe white ; top of head without any black. 

 c 1 . Lower parts entirely yellow. 



Ear-coverts rufous, like top of head ; length about 4.50-5.00, wing 

 2.10-2.20, tail 2.25-2.60. Hab. Central America, from Panama 



to Guatemala. 



B. delatrii BOKAP. Delatre's Warbler. 1 



<?. Lower parts yellow only as far back as breast, the belly white and 

 flanks and under tail-coverts pale brownish buff. 



Otherwise like B. delatrii, but cheeks more extensively white ; 

 length about 4.50^.75, wing 2.00-2.10, tail 2.20-2.35. Hab. 

 Southern Mexico, north to Mirador, Orizaba, and Mazatlan. 



B. rufifrons (SWAINS.). Rufous-crowned Warbler. 2 



FAMILY MOTACILLID^E. THE WAGTAILS AND PIPITS. (Page 322.) 



Genera. 



a 1 . Tail equal to or longer than wing ; plumage plain, both above and below. 



b l . Tail longer than wing, double-rounded or emarginate ; hind claw shorter 

 than the toe, strongly curved ; back ash-gray or black. 



Motacilla. (Page 532.) 



6*. Tail not longer than wing, rounded ; hind claw longer than the toe, slightly 



curved; back olive, olive-green, or brownish.... Budytes. (Page 534.) 



a*. Tail decidedly shorter than wing ; plumage usually much streaked below 



(sometimes above also) Anthus. (Page 535.) 



GENUS MOTACILLA LINN^US. (Page 532, pi. CXIX., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



a 1 . Lower parts pure white ; adults with black on chest (throat also, in summer) ; 

 upper tail-coverts blackish or dark grayish ; third tail-feather black. Nest 

 on ground, usually near water, composed of dried grasses, etc y lined -with 

 softer materials. Eggs 3-5, whitish, thickly speckled with brown. (Adults 

 in summer sexes essentially alike*: Entire throat and chest uniform deep 



I Batilentenu delatrii BONAP., Comp. Rend, xxxviii. 1854, 383. 



1 Setophaga rujifront SWAINS., An. in Menag. 1837, 294. Bnaileutenu rufifrons BONAP*, Consp. i. 1S50, 314. 

 8 Except in M. luyent, in which the female has the back gray or much mixed with gray, instead of uniform 

 black. 



