244 NORTH AMEHICAN BlIiDS. 



This S]>ecie.s is most closely roliitud to // lulrlniiUr, from I'orto Hico ; but 

 ill the latter the yellow beueatli extends back to tlie crissum, coveriii<f even 

 tlie sides ; there are also no streaks on the sides or back ; the |iroportioiis, 

 too, are ([uite diflereiit, tiie wings and tail beinji' scarcely tliree fourths as long, 

 wiiile the liill and feet arc nuich tlu^ same size, the tarsi even inucli shorter. 

 A sitecinien (Xo. 41,8U8 <J) from l>elize, Hoiuluras, differs so essentially from 

 the Fort Whijpple s))ecimens, tiiat it is, beyond doubt, entitled to a distinc- 

 tive name. The iHfl'ereiices between tiiese two very well marked races can 

 best be expressed in a table, as follows; — 



(4(l.(iS0. 1^. lAirt Wliipplc. Arizona). Hill (iioiii nosliil). ..'!(•; tarsus. .00; wiiij;-, 

 'J.fiO; tail. 'J.litt. SiipcriMliary slrijic i.'Xtt'iiiliiij,' ."-'O lii'liiiid the vyv, that purtioii 

 licliiiul the t'Vi' wliitc ; yi'llow of jii^iiilMm not sprcailiiij,' over lircast (ciKliiig 

 1.35 lium the iiill). Streaks (if rrowii coali'sccil inti) ;i lirnad siripo on each 

 siilo ; tlioso of back broad, ami llio.so on nppcr tail-iovcrts almost obsolclt'. 

 Wing-bands, .20 wido. Lore duskv-grayisli. lltih, Knit Wliipple, near I'ro.s- 

 cott, Arizona ; ahniidant, brcc'dintr (Cot'Ks) mw. ij lU <■ 1 n . 



(4],W8, ^, iiclizf). Mill. .;!0: larsii.s, .(;0; win;;. •-'.'JO ; tail, 1.!)."). Snpi'rciliar\ 

 .stripe .scarci'lv passinjr the cVf, wholly yellow; yellow of jugnlmn spreading;' 

 over breast (emliiie; ].(iO from the bill). Streaks of the eiown seareely eoalesi.'cd 

 alotiL' its sides; those on liai.'k not loiiirer than those on crown, and those on 

 nppei' lail-roverts very eons|iienons. AVinf,'-bands, .10 \\ ide. Lore deep black. 

 Hull. Uelize, Ilondnras, roidelil? ....... var. drrora. 



Habits. Wc tire indebted to Dr. Klliott Cones for all tliat we at i)resent 

 know ill reference to this recently discovered species. lie first met witli it 

 .Tilly 2, lS(i4, in the Territory of Arizona. I>r. ("ones fir.sl noticed this 

 bird iininiio tlie pine woo Is covering tlie summit of Whipjile's I'ti.ss of the 

 liocky Mountains. He saw no more in his journey into Centiiil Arizona 

 until he was aoain aiiioiio the ]iiiies til Fort Whijijile. There he iigain 

 found it, and it proved to be a very eoninion bird. Dr. Cones anticipates 

 tliiit this s])ecies will yet be found to oc(Mir in the forests of the San Fran- 

 cisco .Mountains, and llint its range will lie a.scertained to include all the 

 ]iiii(' ti'iicts of New Mexico and \ii/oiia, from the \ alley of the IJio (Iraiuk' 

 to that of the (Ireat Colorado Kiver. lie idso has no doubt that it breeds 

 near and around Fort Whipple. 



Specimens Ibiind at lielize, first believeil to be identical with those from 

 Arizona, arc now refcired to a race called i/narn. 



.Aceurdiiig to I >r. Ciaics's (dpser\iilioiis, the AN'arliler arrives ai l''ort Wliip- 

 ]ile about the L'dth of .\|iril. and ri'iiiaiiis in that neighliorhood until the third 

 week in .September. It is jbiiiid almost exclusively in pine woods, is active, 

 industrious, and noisy, and possesses very marked llycatching haliits, flying 

 out li'oiii ils jieivh In catch passing insects. It has been, so far, found almost 

 exclusively among tlic tallest trees. 



In regard to the song of this spi^cies, Dr. Cones states tliiit it n|iitears to 

 lia\(' scNcral dilferciit notes. One of these is the ordinary /s//i, gi\i'n out at. 

 all limes liv both old and voiiiig of all kiiuls of smiill in.sectivorons birds. 



