254 XOKTH AMlilUCAN lillinS. 



and a lioight of about two mid a lialf inclins. Tlio cavity was three inches 

 wide and an inch and a (luarlci' dcc]t. The e-rjis varied in lengtli from .71 

 to .0") (jf iin inch, and in l)ica(kli from StA to .50. Their ground-color 

 Mas a bluish-green, thickly spotted with l)ro\vn, and generally witli a ring 

 of confluent blotches of \nm\n and lilac around the larger end. Occasion- 

 ally the s]i(jt,s i)ioved to lie more or less of an umlier-brown, and in some 

 specimens tiie spots were less numerous tiian in othcr.s. 



These l)irds were found in all the woodeil .sections of that rtfgion, where 

 they freijutnted the tops of tall trees. Their song, he states, in itsOpening, is 

 like that oi' the I'.lack-l'oll, with a. terminal Marble similar to that oi' the 

 liedstart, but given Mith less energy. 



Dendroica ceerulescens, Baird. 



BLACK-THSOATED BLUE WABBLEB. 



Motacilhi cnmdevsis, Llnx. .Syst. X,it. 1, ]7(J(i, :J3(! (not \>. 3;U. wliicli is I). cornmM. 

 Sjjh-iii ai,ui</ni.si.s, Lath.; M'm..s(in-. ^ Aim. Ovn. lliog. II, jil. cxlviii, dv. — S.vi.i.iJ, 

 P. Z. S. 18,'>7, 231 (St. DniiiiiiKoV Sjilri,-i,l(i cuiKii/ciisix, Swains. ; .rAiiii. ; lioN. ; 

 Ari). lairds .Vm. IF, ]il. .\cv. j;/iiiii(ni/i/iiis cm. V\n. Dcmh-oiin r.nini/iiisi.i, IJAiiai, 

 liiiils X. Am. isr)8, 271. — In. I'. Z. S. isiil, 7(i (.l,iiii;ii,a). — (irxin,. Calj. .lour ISO], 

 32(i (t'uliii ; v.ry c'oimiKm). — Sa.MCKi.s, 221. .U,>/,ifi7/,i cari(/,'.wi,.t, Om. S. Xat. I, 

 17SS, Stiiii. Si//nii !■.(/•. Lath.; Vir.ii.i,. li, j.l. Ixxx. — D'Ouii, Safin's I'ulia, Ois. 

 ISlli. (>;i, 1)1. ix, ti<,'s. 1, -2. 1),ii,h-ni,;i ,•„•)■. llAii;i), IJi'v. .Aim. I!. 18(14, 1S(1. ,syr/r( 

 pii^ilhi, \Vm.s. V, i>I. xliii, lifi. ;i (.(uv.>. SjthHii /,i(r„jit,r,f, Wii.s. ,\i//f!„ /,<,/ii.i/n\ 

 SiKi'ir. Si/I rill iiiiK-ni/iHx, Vw-M.i.uT. ,Si//n'ii. .iji/nujiiusir, Hon.; Nititai.i.; Aui). tiijl- 

 vicii!,! j,(iiijuisii, (ids.sK, liinls .lain. 1817, lli2 (IVmale). — In. lUiist. no. 37. 



Pp. CiiAii. Ali()v<' unil'oriii (■(inlinnoiis nrravisli-lilnc. inclinliiifr tlio outer t'dfres of the 

 quill am! tail-fcatlicrs. A namiw Cnnital liiif, llir ciiliri' sid.'.s of head and iicrk, cliiii and 

 tln-iiat, luKlnjiis lilack ; tliis coloi- (■xk'iidiii.tr in n Imiad lateral strii)e to the tail. Iio.-:t of 

 iindiM- parts, iiieliidiiii,'- llic .■ixillary rc.crioii. wliilc. Wiii.i;s and tail lilark aliovc, the Ibniicr 

 wilh ii conspiciioiis wliilf patch lonncd l.y the liasi's of .all the primaries (cxccpl the lii'st); 

 the inner welis of the seeondaries and tertiaU with siiiiilar jialejies towards the hase tiinl 

 aloii.j- Die inner niardn. All the tail-leathers, exei'pt the innermost, with a white patch on 

 the inner weh near the end. Lenirlh, ').•")() ; wini;-. '_'.()(l ; tail. 2.'J"). 



Female, olive-frreen above anil dull yellow bein'ath. Sides of head dn.-^ky olive, the eye- 

 lids .-uid a snpereiliary stripe whitish. Traces of the white patches at the hase of the pri- 

 niaries and of tlii' t.-iil. 



IIah. Kastein IVoviii f T'nited Slates: .lainaic^a. Ciiha, and St. noiniiiiro in winter; 



very ahnndant ; Bahamas (Hiivaxt). Xot recorded fr.mi M,.xi,.o or Central America. 



The white ])atch at tlie ba.se of the primary, together with the total ab- 

 sence of outer markings on the wings, is jiccnliar to this specnes, and is found 

 in both sexes. The female is more different from the male than that of any 

 other s])ecies. 



The plumage of the male in autumn is iiiuilar to the spring dress, but 

 the back and wings are M'ashed with greenish, and the black of the 

 throat variegated with M-hite edges to the feathers. A younger mule (788, 



