SYLVICOIJD/K — THE WAKIiLKUS. 



S'eries VII. 

 Throat black in $, mixer] with hlaek in ?. 



A. Siiius stroakod; bhifk ol' throat witli its posterior oiithne concave. 

 a. Side of head wliite and bhick. 



19. D. nigrescens. A small yellow spot over the lore ; above ash ; be- 

 neath, white, jj. Whole crown, nnilbrni glossy black; back streaked 

 with black. ? . Crown ash streake<l with black ; throat mixed with white 

 anteriorly. Jnv. Crown and cheeks a.^hy; throat mostly white; back 

 withont streaks. Ilah. Western and Middle Province of United States, 

 south, in winter, into Western Mexico (Oaxaca). 

 h. Side of head yellow and black, oi' yellow and olive. 



Blade of throat coveriucjjuyuhim ; a hidden lyiow spot in middle of forehead. 



20. D. chrysopareia Elack above, pure wlnte below ; no tinge of yel- 

 lo,v behind the black jugular patch. II„b. Eastern .Aliddle America 

 from Guatemala to Texas (San Antonio). 



21. D. virens. Olive-green .above, the crown and b.ack withont streaks ; 

 beneath white, the breast and anal region tinged with black. Ilali. 

 Eastern I'lovincc of North America, from Greenland to Panama; Cuba; 

 Oaxaca; Heligoland, Europe! 



Black of throat confined anteriorly to thejmjnJum ; no yellow spot on forehead. 



22. D. townsendi. Above olive-green, the crown and back with con- 

 spicuous black streaks ; beneath yellow anteriorly, and white posteriorly. 

 9, black of throat mixed with yellow ; y«y., no black on throat, and 



streaks on back obsolete. Hub. North and Middle Province of United 

 States, .south, in winter, into Guatcuuala. 

 B. Sides not streaked; black of thvoat with its ])osterior outline convex. 



2;j. D. occidentaliB. Above ash tinged with ohve ; beneath white 

 Head nearly all yellow. ^. Top of head yellow with a few small 

 black spots; nape black; back streaked with black ; sides pure white. 

 (9 not seen.) Jiw. Yellow of crown overlaid by olive ; above green- 

 ish-plnmbeou.-<, without any black on nape or back ; throat yellowisli- 

 wlntLsh ; sides tinged with ashy. Ilab. Western and Middl.. Province 

 of United States, south to Guatemala. 



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Oroup C. 



A. Above .ish ; no supra-loral stripe ; eyelids not yellow. 



24. D. kirtlaadi. Above, including side of head and neck, bluish-ash; 

 crown an.l back streaked with black ; beneath (except crissum) j.ale yel- 

 low; breast .spccklc.l, and sides si rcakc.l with lilack ; lores and orr.ital 

 region, black ; eyelids white. Hah. Eastern Province of United States 

 (Cleveland, Ohio), and IJaliamas. 



2.\ D. pityophila.' Above, inchuling side of head and neck, dull a.^ih; 

 the forehead and crown olive-green; crown and liack not stre.iked • 

 beneath white ; the throat and jugnlum yellow ; sides ashy ; no specks 

 on breast, nor streaks on sides, but a few along side ef neck, between the 

 ash and yellow. Ilab. Cuba. 

 B. Olive-green or brown above; a snpra-loral stripe of yellow ; ey-lids yellow. 



a. Above olive-green, without streaks ; crissum white ; sides of breiust with 



obsolete grayish streaks. 



« l>. Hl!/o/,lulu, BAUti), Rev. 208. (Sylvicola p. (irNUl,. Ann. is. Y. Lye. Oct. 1855, KiO. 



