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of ,1 re(l(lisli-l)r()wn, and a few of a purplisli-slati;. They are of an oblong- 

 oval sliapc!, and lucaHuro .08 by .HO of an inch. 



A nest from near Sprinjrfidd, :\ra8s., obtained by Professor Ilorsford, the 

 l)arent bird liaving been secured, was built in a low cluini) of bushes, just 

 above tlie ground. It is well made, woven of fine lienipen fibres of vege- 

 tables, slender stems of gras,s, delicate mosses, and other like materials, and 

 very thoroughly lined with liair. It measures two and three fourths inches 

 in diameter' and two in height. The cavity is two inches-wide and one and 

 three fourths deep. The eggs measure .GO by .50 of an inch, are oblong- 

 oval in sliape, their ground-color a ])early wliite, marked in a corona, about 

 the larger end, with brown and purplish-brown spots. 



Ge\us FARULA, IJoNAP. 



Chloric, BoiE, Isis, 182(i, 072 (not of Mocliriiift 1752). (Type, Pnrus nmcricanus.) 

 Sylvkulit, SUAINS..X, Zoiil. ,I„uiii. Ill, July, 1827, 169. (Not of Muiupliicy, Mus. Caloii- 



iiiamim, 1797, CO ; (reiiiis of laud luollusks.) (Snino type.) 

 Parulii, BoNAi'. Oi'of,'. & (Vmip. List, 1838. (Saino type.) 

 Compsothlijins, Cabanis, Mu.s. Ilciii. 1850, 1851, 20. (Saiuo type.) 



Gkv. CirAH. In tlio species of this jrcnns tlu> hill is (30iiical and aoiito ; tlio cnlnicn 

 very gently curved from the liase ; the uoniiiiissure .'^lifrhtly conca\'e. The notch when 

 visible is further from tlu^ tip than in Dcndroicn, but usually is either obsolete or entirely 

 wnntinp:. IJristles weak. The tarsi are longer than the midille toe. The tail is nearly 

 even, and considerably shorter tlian the wing. Color, blue above, with a triangular patch 

 of green on the back ; ant(;rior lower parts yellow. 



Two species — one with thiee varieties— of tliis gemis, as lately restricted, 

 are known in Amerii'a, only one, however, has as yet been detected within 

 the limits of tlie United States. They may be distinguished as follows : — 



P. amerlcana. Ey('li<ls white. Yellow beneath restri(;tcd to anterior half. 



Two white bands on wing; a dusky collar across the jugulum. -Hah. East- 

 ern Province of United States, south to Guatemala; IJahmnas; Cuba; 

 Jamaica; St. Croi.x ; St. Thomas. 

 P. pitiayumi. Eyelids dusky. Yellow l)eneath, extending back along sides to 

 the crissum. 



Tivo white hamh on iritKj. 



Above plumbeous-liluo; lores and eyelids deep black. Abdomen wholly 



yellow. Wing, '>:ii); tail, 1."-). Hah. South America from Bogota to 



^"'■"^'"'y vm'.pitiayHmi} 



Above ashy-blue; lores and eyelids scarcely darker. Abdomen wholly 

 white. Wing, 2.3o ; tail, 2.05. Hab. Tres Marias Islands, Western Alex- 



'*'° var. insular in? 



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1 fiuMn pitiayumi, ViKtu,. Nouv. Dirt. II, 1816, 276. Panda mt. Sct-AT. Catal. 26, no. 

 165. — Baird, liev. Am. Birds, I, 1865, 170. 



Pnnila inxularis, Lawh. Ann. N. Y. Lye. X, Feb. 1871. 



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