208 



NOKTH AMEKIOAN 151 HD^. 



Onhl II tntre of white on wiii;/.i, or none at till. 

 Above iiidigo-blue. Wing, 2.10; tail, 1.70. Ilab. Cot;ta Kioa and Gua- 

 ^<-'""'''' var. inornata^ 



Compxuthlypis fjvttiiralis, Cabants {Purula (pit., r.AiRD, IJev. Am. 1).), and 



Coil irosfni III siijiari/io.wiii, Hakti.auii {Ponila 

 siqiarilkmi, J'.Aiiii), J{ev.), luive Iwoii roferroil 

 by latur systumatists to this ■'omis ; but tlioy 

 aro iimcli more closely related to Conirostrum, 

 — a jj;oims usually assigned to tlio Ucnrhidn: 

 The " I\" {iiiihtrolia is confined to Costa Ifieu; 

 but "/'." fiiipeiTilumi is a sjiceies of the 

 table-lauds of Mexico, and likely to bo de- 

 tected in Arizona or New Mexico. The char- 

 acters of this species are as follows : — 



Comrnstnim .wpemliosiiw, UAun. R. Z. 1844, 21"). Wiiolc dorsi,] ropion, incltiding 

 riiiii|), olivi-necMi ; ivst of ii|.i)ci- part.^ asli.v. Aiitorior half Itonoatli yellow, with a ci-cs'- 

 ceiitic bar ofuhcstnut-bi-owii across th,. jiii;iilimi ; jiostovioi' lower parts white, ashy later- 

 ally. A uouspiuuous supereiliary stripe ol' white. Wing, 2.G0; tail, 2.10. 



Farula americana, Boxap. 



BLTJE TELLOW-BACKEO WABBIEB. 



Parus nmcricanns, Lisx. Syst. Xat. 10th cd. I, 17.>S, 100. .}r„t,H-illa am. Cmklik Siilvia 

 am. Lath., Aid. .Si/h-icola am. lii.ii., .\vi). — Ionks, Xat. in licriiiuda, 183!>, .5!). 

 Parulaam. Ron. List ISirds X. Am. 183f<. •- Cossi;, Kirds .lam. 1847, l-.M'hunaicaK — 

 PiAllili, P.irds X. Am. 18.^)8, -.'lis ; lic.v. l(ii>. - .S,-,.ati:i!, P. Z. S. 18,'i7, 20:> (.Xalapa). - 

 In. Ibis, 18jl>, 10((!uatemala). — In. fatal. 18t!l, 2ti, 1(1;). — Xkwton, Ibi.s, I8r.!), 143 

 (.Santa Cruz ; winter). - Ca.ssin, Pr. A. X. S. 1800, ar(i (St. Thomas). — Gitndi.ach, 

 Cab. .lour. 18(jl, 32(i (Cuba; very connnon). Vuinpsatldiipis am. Cau. Mus. Ilcin. 

 18r)0, 20. — In. Jour. Ill, lS;o, 476 (Cuba). Fkcdida hidocichnn, P.itis.soN. Muta- 

 cilUi lud. G.M. MotiniUu cqua, lioDD. Sijlviu lorqiHita, Vikill. r/in/uthorus turq. 

 SrKPiiKN.s. Stilvid jmsiUa, Viihii. Siilviroln pus. Swxisn. 



Figures : AuD. Orn. liiog. I, pi. xv. - In. nirds Am. II, pi. xcl. — Vieill. Ois. Am. II, 

 pi. xei.x. — Wii,s. Am. Crn. IV, pi. xxviii. — lUrFFo.N, pi. enl. dcexx.xi, lij,'. 1 ; dceix. 

 lig. 1. 



Sp. Ciiau. Above blue, the middle of tlie back with a pateli of yellowitih-green. Be- 

 neath yellow anteriorly, white behind. A reddish-brown tinge across the brea.st. Lores 

 and space round the eye dusky ; a sm.ill white spot on either eyelid ; sides of head and 

 neck hke the crown. Two conspicuous white b.ands on the wing.s. Outer two tail-f(!ath- 

 ers with a conspicuous .spot of white. Feimile similar, with le.ss brown on the breast. 

 Length, 4.75 ; wing, 2.;?4 ; tail, 1.90. Xest of long moss. 



Hab. E.istern Province of United Slates, north to tin- Lakes (" Greenland "), west to 

 the Mi.ssouri Valley ; in winter, south to Guatemala (not s.-en on the west coast of Mexico). 

 West Indies; Bahamas; Cuba; .laumica ; St. Croix; St. Thomas; J.alapa, G.iatemala 

 (Sci.ATKR) ; Orizaba, winter (Sl-.micurast) ; Yucatan (Lawhkxck) ; Porto Rico and Ina^ua 

 (Bryant). " 



1 Parii/d hwrwito, Hamm), Ucv. Am. Hird.s, I, ISO.";, 171. 



