SVIA ICOLID.K — TIIK \VAI{liI-Ei:S. 241 



Vcllinv (if nndi'i- parts cunrmcil l<> jutriiluiu ; losl of mikIit iiarls wlii;,' ; 

 till' sides sli-i'akcd willi lilaclv ........ iinu-in. 



Yi'llow ol'uildi'i- paits uxt'.'lidiiig' to cfissiiiii. Sides scan'eiy streaked. 



tith Itni/ti . ^ 



111 the Koviow (]>. 209) .•^c'vcriil variations in tliis species are noted; luit at 

 that time tiiere was not a sutlicicnt niinilter of s|)eciiiiens to warrant our 

 coiiiin,L? to a couehisioii as to their vtiliie. Now, however, we hiive Itelter 

 material bcibre us, and ujion tlie exaniiiiatioii of about thirty s|)eeimeiis, in- 

 cluding two series of nearly ecjual nund)ers, — ^ one from tlie Allantie Sttites 

 and tiie West Indies, the other from tiie Miswissipjii region and Middle 

 America, — ^ find thtit there are two tippreciahly diitert" raees, to lie dislin- 

 guisheil from eiicii other l»y itoinls of constant difference. All liirds of the 

 first series have the iiill longer tliiin any of the Litter, the diiference in a 

 majority of tlit! s|)ecimens lieini; very consideralile ; tiiey also iiave the sujier- 

 ciliary stripe l)ri!.;iil yelhiw anteriorly, while amoii^ the latter there is never 

 more than a trace of yellow over the lores, and even this miiiinnim amount 

 is discernible only in one or two individuals. Tlie West Iiidiiin form is, of 

 course, the true (loiiiinlcn. and to be distin,Li;uisln;d as var. (/oniiiiirii ; as none 

 of th(! syi'.onymes of litis species wi're i'oitiided upon tl (! Mexican one, how- 

 ever, it will be necessiiiy to propose a new nattte ; iiccordin.LjIy, the teriti \ar. 

 nlbl/ard is selected as beiiti; most descri])tive of its peculiar fiMttures. 



'liu! followiitj; .syno]isis, taketi from tyjtical specimeits, shows the dilVer- 

 ences between the.se two races : — 



(No. .'!,:!'J'J. (J. i.ilieity Ciiiiniy, ( ieoi'jiia.) liill fli'oiu nostril). .t."i; lafsiis. .tiO ; 

 willfT, '-'.(lit: tail, 'J.I HI. Sii|ie|-eiliMry stripe, aiiti'lioi- to eye. wholly liri;,;lit yellow ; 

 yellow of eliiii ami maxilla' exleiidiiii;' to tln' liill. /lah. In siiiiiiuer. .\tlaiitie 

 States ot'l'iiiteii Stati'.s, noilli ti> \Vasliiiii.'loii. In wintef, atid possibly all 

 the yeai', in < 'iilia. Santo DoniiiiLio, and .laiuai"a . . vaf. d o iii i n ir n . 



(No. ()I,l.'iii. jj, lieli/.e, IIoudnia>.l Kill (t'foni Host i ill, ..'l."! ; lai-u-, ,110; wiiii;-, 

 2.70; tail, 'J. 'JO, Supeiviliai-y siripi' wholly while; yi'llow ot'rliin ami niaxilhe 

 lioi'deied nntrowly next the hill with while, //nh. In snnnner, the Mi>sis>ippi 

 rejiioli of rnited States, north to Lake I'aie ; I'oiiniiou in South Illinois, In 

 winter, ami possihly all the ye,. r, in .Mexico, south to (iualeinala, ^'uealali on 

 the ,\llantie, and Coliuia on the I'aeilie side ..... \ at. ((/'</ /n ck . 



II Alius. Tiie histi.iy of the Vcllnw -throated AN'arblcr is very imperfectly 

 known, lis m.| iota ji ileal distiibtitioii is iifcoiiliif and appa'.'cittly eccentric, 

 FiMitid occiisioiially, rat Iter than lVc(|tictitly, in the Si ml hern Allaittic atid (lull' 

 Slates, it occurs irreoiilaily as liii' tun I It as Wasbinoton, Mew York City, 

 Clevelaui', ' ),, rniiai County, 111., iind Kansas, In the last ]>lace il is sitp- 

 posed idso occiisionally to breed. West of this it has not been traced in any 

 portion of the rnited Stntcs. il was obtained in Tantatilipas, Mexico, by 

 laeutciiaiit Couch, and on the wcstciit ccmst Mf, .Xaitttis lotiiid it at Cnlima. 

 Mr. Scliiter has jtlso pinciiicd it ffntu other jiortions of Mcxicn, and M. l>ou- 



' Ihiiilri'ifii :ii/,l,(i,lii. IIa,i;ii, I!c\ . iMi;,, 'JI'J. //„/.. Pmtu [[ire. 



