02 



XOllTII A.MKHICAN lilRD.S. 



Siafia .N/Vi/i 



(iKxir.s SIALIA, SwAiNSOx. 



Sidlid, SwAixsDX, Ziiiil. .loiii-. Ill, S<>iit. 1>S'J7, 17;!. (Tvpf Mnliicil/n sidlis, \,.) 



Ge\. CiiAit. IJill short, stout, bioadiT lliiiii liif^li at the base, tliou uoiiiii.i'sscd ; slifjflilly 



iiotclit'd at tip. Uictus witli short biislli's. 

 Tiiisi not longer than the iniildlc too. Chiw.s 

 (•oiisidt'ialily<'ui'vt'd. Wind's iiiiich loni^or thiin 

 lh(^ liiil ; the lirst primary .spurious, not ono 

 l()uilii tiic liiiif^cst. Tail niodi'i'atc; sliplitly 

 Ibrki'd. i'-!.'j;s [)lain blue. Nt'st in hok'S. 



The species of this oeims are all well 

 niavkod, ami adult males ave easily 

 distiiijftnslialile. In till, hlue I'orms a 

 ])i'omiiieiit I'eatiiie. Three well-marked 

 species are known, with a foiirtii less 

 di.stinet. The i'emales are duller in 

 color than the males. The younj;- tire spotted and bireaked with widte. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Common riiAUACTKns. Rich lihic abovo, dullci- in the H'uialc IJrucatli rcddisii 

 or blue in llic niaU'. ri'ildish or hf,dit dral) in tho HMualc. Voiuij; wilh wiujrs and 

 tails only blue, the head antl anterior parts of body with numerous whitish s[)ots. 

 A» /Iri'dsl rcihli.ih, or c/ifntinit, 



1. S. stalls. Xo ('hestuut on the baek ; lluoat reddi.sli; abdomen and 

 crissuin white. 



Blue of a rich dark )iur]ilish shade. Tail about 2.75. Ifah. Kast- 

 eru Province I'liiled States, ("ulia, aud licruuidas . . var. sidlis. 



nine of a frrcenisli shade. Tail about 3.20. /fah. Kast Mexico 

 and nuateniala var. iiziirea.' 



2. S. mexicaiia. Chcsinuf. in tircater or less amount, or. the back; 

 tiu'oat blue; al)douicn ami crissuni lihic. I/nh. West and Soulii Mid- 

 dle Province I'niled Slates, south to Jalap.'i, Cordova, and Coiima. 



Bi ]lrc(ist hhic (lii/lit (Irali in 9)- 



;?. S. arctica. Entirely rich fijreonish-blue ; abdon)on white. Ifdb. 

 Middle I'ruviiice I'liited Status; Fort iMunkliu, JJritish America. 



Sialia sialis, TVmkd. 



EASTEBN BLUEBIRD. 



}fiifdcill(i sidJis, LiNX. .S. N. 17"iS, 1.S7 (biisrd on ('Arr.sliv, I, pi. xlvii). Sinlia sidlis, 



liAlliU, liirds N. Am. IS.'iS, 2>-2 : Rev. (i2. — Ii.>Ai:iiMAN, Tr. Host. .Su.'. l.Stlli, 1'24 



(t'alais, .Ml'.; very rare). — Diii'.ssf.i!, lliis, IStia, 4tir) (Texas, winter). — .Samii:i,.s, 

 I!. X. Knj,'., 17."). Sid/id irilsiHii, .SwAixsoN, Zoiil. .lour. Ill, 1827, 173. — t'Ali. .lour. 



1S.')8, 1-JU. CiMU.Acn, Call. .lour. 18G1, 324; Repertorio, 180.'), 'J30. — Jones, 



' S. dzurid, I'lAiiiii, lliv. Am. Hints, 1804,62. (i'. (niiira, !Swaix.son.) 



