78 SYNONYMY AND CHARACTERS OF S. SIALIS 



'l94 (Black Hills) Mayn. Pr. Boat. Soc. xiv. 1872, 358. Scott, Pr. Host. Soc. xv. 1872, 



221. Wood, Am. Nat, vi. 1872, 173 (albino). Mayn. B. Fla. 1872, 23. Coues, Key, 1872, 

 76. Ound. J. f. O. 1872, 409 (Cuba). Purdie, Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 693. Trippe., Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. xv. 1873, 234. Ridg. Bull. EHSCX Inst. v. 1873, 179 (Colorado). Merr. Am. 

 Nat. viii. 1874, S.Ooues, BNW. 1874, 13. Bd. Br. ff Ry. NAB. i. 1874, 62, fig. pi. 5, 

 f. 3. Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. xvli. 1875, 438. 



lUSClniasialis, Giebel, Vtigel, 1860, 44, fig. 94. 



Scialia SCialis, Le Maine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 202. 



Sialia WilSOnil, "Sw. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, 173 ".Peab. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 316. Burnett, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. iv. 1851, 116. Cabot, Naum. ii.Heft iii. 1852, 66. Thomps. NH. Vermont, 

 1853, 85, &s. Woodh. Sitgreave's Rep. 1853, 6S.Hoy, Pr. Phila. Aoad. vi. 1853, 313. 

 Read, Pr. Phila. Acad. vi. 1853. 399. Kennic. Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 583. Prat- 

 few, TV. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 6Q3.Haym. Pr. Phila. Acad. viii. 1856, 290. Bland, 

 Smithson. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 287 (Bermuda). Willis, Smithson. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 

 212 (Nova Scotia). Hoy, Smithson. Rep. for 1864, 1865, 438. [Ohittenden,] Am. Nat. v. 

 1871, 167. 



Erythaca (Sialia) wilsonll, S. * R. FBA. n. 1831, 210. 



Sialia Wilson!, Bp. C. & GL. 1838, 16. Putn. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, 208.-- Sd. PZS. 1856. 293 

 (Cordova). Kneel. Pr. Post. Soc. vi. 1857, 233. Max. J. f. O. vi. 1858, 120. Scl. PZS. 

 1858, 297 (Parada). Scl. PZS. 1859, 362(Xalapa).-ScJ. PZS. 1859, 371 (Oaxaca).-S. gfS. 

 Ibis, i. 1859, 8 (Guatemala). Martens, J. f . O. 1859, 213 (Bermuda). Tayl. Ibis, ii. 1860, 

 110 (Honduras). S. ff S. Ibis, ii. I860, 29 (Guatemala) Owen, Ibhs, iii. 1861, 60 (Guate- 

 mala, breeding). 



Sialia WllSOnia, Wailes, Rep. Mississippi, 1854, 319. 



Sialia azurea, Sw. Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 369. Bd. Rev. AB. 1864, 62 (Mexico). Sumich. 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. 1. 1869, 544 (Vera Cruz). 



RubeCUla CarollnensiS, Briss. Orn. iii. 423. 



Blue-bacfced Red-breast Warbler, Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 398, no. 281. 



Rouge-gorge bleue de la Caroline, Buff. " v. 212" ; PE. 390, f. i, 2, 



Blaue Koth-Kehlein, Sckaeff. 1. c. 



Blaue Sanger, Giebel, l. c. 



Fauvette bleue et roussc Le Maine, 1. c. 



Bluebird, Cates, Car. i. 47, pi. 47. 



Blue Redbreast, Edv>. Birds, pi. 24. 

 Blue Warbler, Lath. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 1783, 446, no. 40. 



Common Bluebird, Eastern Bluebird, Wilson's Bluebird, American Bluebird, Red- 

 breasted Bluebird, vuig. 



HAD. Eastern United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. West to the bor- 

 ders of Montana and Wyoming (Milk River, Cooper ; Black Hills, Bolden) ; 

 and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. Bermudas. Cuba. 

 Mexico (with S. " azurea"). South to Guatemala. Breeds throughout its 

 range. Winters in the Southern States. 



OH. SP. $ Azurea, subius castanea } venire albo, rostro pedi- 

 busque nigris. $ Fusco-ccerulea, alls cauddque ccerulescentibus, 

 infra pallidt rufa, venire albo. 



<?, in full plumage: Rich azure-blue (clear cobalt), the ends of the wing- 

 quills blackish ; throat, breast, and sides of the body deep chestnut ; belly 

 and crissum white or bluish-white. The blue extends around the head on 

 the sides and often fore part of the Chin, so that the chestnut is frequently 

 cut off from the bill. Length, 6-7 ; extent, 12-13 ; wing, 3J-4 ; tail, 2-3. 



$ , in winter, fall, and in general when not full-plutnaged : Bine of the 

 upper parts interrupted by reddish-brown edging of the feathers, or obscured 

 by a general brownish wash. White of belly more extended ; tone of the 

 other under parts paler. In many eastern specimens, the reddish-brown 

 skirting of the feathers of the back blends into a decided dorsal patch ; and 



