298 CHARACTERS OF SIURUS AURIC APILLUS 



TurdllS auricapillus, Lieht. " Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. 1830, 2" ; J. f. 0. 1863, 57. 



Accentor auricapillus, Rich. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1836, 1837, 172. 



Seiurus auricapillus, Sw. Class. B. ii. 1837, 247. Bp. CA. i. 1850, 306. Lawr. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. ix. 1861), 200 (Yucatan). Coues, Pr. Phlla. Acad. 1875, 349. 

 Siurus aurlcapillfis, Moore, PZS. 1859, 55 (Omoa). Goues, BulL Nutt. Club, ii. 1877, 31 



(correction of nomenclature). Merr. Trans. Conn. Acad. iv. 1877, 20. 

 Henicocichla auricapilla, Sd. PZS. 1856, 293 (Mexico). Scl. PZS. 1861, 70 (Jamaica). 



Albrecht, J. f. 0. 1862, 192 (Jamaica). S. & 8. PZS. 1870, 836 (Honduras). 

 Turdus citreus, Mull. SN. Suppl. 1776, 141 (fide Cassin, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1864 ; said to bo 



based on PE. 398, f. 2). 

 Motacilla canadensiS, JBodd. Tabl. PE. 1783, 24 (PE. 398, f. 2). (In part. The original 



quotation of PE. is this species, and so is the quotation of Edw. pi. 252; but tho 



other references are to Dendroeea coronata). 



Turdus minimus, Bartr. Trav. Flu. 1st Am. ed. 1791, 290 bis. (Not of authors.) 

 Turdus coronatus, V. OAS. ii. 1807, 8, pi. 64. Less. Tr. Orn. 1831, 418. 

 Anthus coronatus, Gerhardt, Naum. iii. 1853, 38. 

 Figuier a teste d'or de Pensilvanic, Ficedula pensilvanica auro-capilla, Briss. Orn. 



iii. 1760, 504, n. 57. 

 Golden-crowned Thrush, Edw. Gl. 91, pi. 252. Perm. AZ. ii. 1785, 339, n. 203.-.Latf,. Syn. 



ii. pt. i. 1783, 21, n. 6. 



Grivelette de S. Uomingue, Buff. " Hist. Nat Ois. iii. 317 ". 



Petite Grive de St. Domingue, Buff. PE. 398, f. 2 (basis of Mot. canadengis Bodd.). 

 Grive couronnee, V. 1. c. 1817. Le Maine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 174. 

 Grive ffrivelette, V. 1. c. 1823. 

 Land Kick-up, Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 152. 



Golden-crowned Accentor, Golden-crowned Wagtail, Orange-crowned Accentor, Oven- 

 bird, Authors. 



HAB. Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains (Denver, Colorado), 

 the Yellowstone, and Alaska. South through tLe whole West Indies and 

 Mexico (even at Mazatlan) and Central America. Breeds indifferently in its 

 North American range. Winters from the Bermudas and Florida southward. 



CH. SP. $ 9 Virenti-olivaceus, infra alba fusco striata ; ver- 

 tice aurantiaco-brunneo, nigro bistrigato ; pedibus pallide incar- 

 natis. Long. tot. 5 J-GJ ; alee 3 j caudce 2$. 



$ $ , adult : Entire upper parts, including the wings and tail, uniform 

 bright olive-green, without markings. Top of head with black lateral 

 stripes, bounding a golden-brown or dull orange space. A white ring round 

 eye ; no white superciliary stripe. Under parts white, thickly spotted with 

 dusky on the breast, the spots lengthening into streaks on the sides ; a nar- 

 row Mack maxillary line; under wing-coverts tinged with yellow. Legs 

 flesh-colored. Length about G inches ; wing, 3 ; tail, 2. 



This species exhibits a remarkable constancy of coloration with age, sex, 

 and season. The sexes are indistinguishable, and the young are scarcely to 

 be told from the adults. Fall specimens are ordinarily quite as clearly col- 

 ored as those of the spring ; and the orange-brown crown-spot, though it 

 may be more or less bright, is acquired by the young with their first full 

 feathering. There is doubtless a very tarly streaky stage. 



A CCOEDING to our present information, tbe Golden- 

 JL\- crowned Accentor claims place bere solely upon the 

 strength of its observed occurrence at the base of the Eocky 

 Mountains of Colorado, near Denver. It is more especially an 

 Eastern species, though it reaches Alaska, and has been taken 



