218 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



lireast and Mes u-iti, ouhj venj unrrow or mnrc/y appreciable streaki of 

 ruJo,i»; outer tu-ebx of ir!n,j-,-orerls, etc., scarcely (liferent from general 

 surface. 



Rufous of the liuad confmod to it, and abnijitlv (Iclinod all round. 

 Wiug-Cornuila, ;{. 2 = 4, 1, 5; wiiifr, 2.70; tail, 2.25; bill, .;ii ; 

 tar,sii6., .72. JIab. .Mexico (Imiii Ilouduia.s and Yucatan to Ma- 



zathui) ; , . , 



' var. b rya u tt.^ 



Series IT. 

 Prevailing color yellow; crown, rump, and cris.suin with spots of infou..- a 

 band of the same on the side of the head, from bill (meeting both on forehead 

 and on chin) aroinid eye and over ear-coverts. 

 C. D. eoa." Hub. Jamaica (Gossk). 



Series I. 

 Series II. 



Group B. 



Base of primaries with white patch. 

 Two white bands on wine 



No white bands on wing 



Base of primaries without wliite jjatch. 

 Rumji yellow. 



Crown with a yellow spot ,;>p,.,p, jjj 



Crown witiiout a yellow .spot Series IV 



Rump not yellow. 



Throat white (with black streaks in .ilrinta and phnretra) . . Series V. 



Throat yellow or orange 



Throat black, or mixed with black .... 



Series VI. 

 Series VII. 



Series I. 



7. D. oUvacea. $. Ileiid and neck, all round, fine light orange- 

 rnfons; a broa^l blac^k " .^pcclacie ".along siil.,,' of ^the Ijead. 9. IT.^l 

 yellowi.sh,.TlM.sky on toj^ spectacle obsolete. Ilab. Wliole of Eastern 

 Me.xici); Guatemala. 



Series II. 



8. D. caBrulescens. $. Head dark blue above and black underneath; 

 a black patch covering wh.ilc I;iteral and under side of head and lateral 

 lower parts. Rest of ui)])er ]>arts dark blue; ba.ses of primaries and 

 abdomen pure white. 9. Above olive, with a light superciliary stripe ; 

 beneath wholly light green ish-bu If; base of primaries wliite. Hah. 

 Ea.stern Province of United States; in winter south into Cuba, Jamaica, 

 and St. Domingo. 



propriety Im ,isod, ns under tliat hrad \w i.idudes s] iineas from Carthagena (true ci,'ilh>ti\ 



Costa Uioa, and Mcxieo (tlii^ latter hri/nitti). 



* I>. viciUiiti, var. bri/aiili, Uidowav. 



« Syiiieola coa, GossE, Birds of .bnnai.'a, 1847, US ; Illustrations Birds .Tnin. Dcw/roica cm, 



BAtlti), K.-v. lO.-i. Tho true positio this si.cmcs is very unccrtniii, owing to the itnin'rCrt 



description, or rather the iM(oinpI..t,. phniiage. of the types. Tlic-re is no .loubt. however, that it 

 IS entirely dillerent from any other, an<l in its having, as e.xpiv.ssly stated, the inner webs yellow, 

 thus briiigiiig It into close relation with the "(icldeii Warblers." 



