360 



NORTH AMKIIICAN UIHDS. 



iiloiii^ sides aiul ai'i'nss lircast. Hill, .14 deep, .:!0 loiifr ; wiiijr, 2.S5 ; 

 tail, 12.05. //(//;. Kiistciii Fioviiicc of I'liiti'd Slates . var. i/ilrim. 



Similar, lint aliove moiv fj;rayisli, and beiii'atli with the Imfl" tinge 

 almost al)sent, Hill, .11 deep, and .'22 loiijr ; wiiiir, 2.80; tail, 2.iri. 

 Ilah. Western I'rovinee of Unitc^d Stales . , var. n ira in son i. 



h. Crown very dillereiit IVoiu the back (dark lirown). 



Above olive-brown; nnnp more vireseeut; crown dark .snull- 

 brown. Beneath nniliirm li;Trht yellow, throat whitish. Hill, An 

 deep, .30 long ; wing, 2.(iO ; tail, 2.10. Ilah. Middle Ameriea, Iroin 

 Ecuador to Honduras xuy. Jo Kep h k.' 



Vireosylvia calidris, var. barbatulus, IJaikd. 



FLORIDA OBEENLET. 



P/i;/llt)iiia7ic.<il)iirhrihihi><,C\ii. .Unir. HI, lS,"i5, 4ti7 (Cuba). — (JfNlil.Acil, ("ab. ,Iour. ISfil, 

 324 (Cuba). — III. Krpi'rtoiiii, Cidia, 18t)."). rirejiii/fciii liiirl/ti/ii/d., Haiiid, Kcv. Am. 

 B. lS(i4, 3:n. riiro (il/ih'iniis, (iA.MliKl,, I'r. A. X. Sr. MHi<, l-_'7 (Florida). — lUlim, 

 Birds N. Am. IS'iS, 354 (Florida). Viiro.vilvin (illiloqim, Cassin, I'r. A. N. Sc. 1851, 

 152. — lli. Illust. 1S54, 8, and 221, pi. .\x.\vii (Florida). -- Bkvant, Pr. Bost. Soc. V, 

 1850, 113 (Bahamas). — Lawukxck, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1800 (Cuba). 



Sp. C'mai!. (Xo. 2r),9r)8 (J, Cuba.) I'roportion of quills as in var. rnliilfis, 2 = .'!, 4, 1, /i, 

 but the tips of the ([uills elosser together, and the lirst. tpiill aliout half 'iv a little less 



than half the distance between (illh 



and fourth ; the quills narrower. 



Cdlois similar to tlio.se of var. ralidris, 

 but of a purer and paler olive aliove ; 

 the liaek tinged with ai<h ; the cap 

 purer ash, and hotter defined, without 

 olivareiius wa.sh. its dusky edge more 

 distiiiet. The supeicMliary stripe wliit- 

 i.sh or grayi.sli, with the cheeks paler, 

 and both, a.s well as the chin, with- 

 out till! bull' tinge. Under jiarts nearly pure white, very faintly tinged across the breast 

 with ashy: the sides olivaceous: the cri.ssum and axillars pale sulphur-yellow. Total 

 length, .'i.'iO ; wing, .'i.l"); tail, 2."j0 ; dillereiicu of first and ."second quills, .18; of lifth 

 and secdud, .22 ; length ol' bill from forehead, .82, from nostril, .40, along gape, .8!) ; tarsus, 

 72; middle toe and claw, .(50 : claw alone, .21 ; hind toe and claw, .50 ; claw alone, .23, 

 Hah. Cuba; the Jialiainas; and Charlotte H.irbor, Florida. (Western Coast.) 



This rinv lia.s hecn taken several time.s at Cliarlotte Harlior, in Florida, 



' /'. ijihn \-,ix. jdsiplin: I'hrtisylviii jnsepjia; IIaikIi, liiv. lH(i5, 344 ( f'/rm jmcy/Aii', Scr.A rr.li, 

 r. Z. 8. 185!), 137, 111. cliv). C(Piii|iariiig typicid examples nf this " spnics " with those ot 

 (jilriis from North America, they a|ipi'ar very widely dillcivnt indeed, .so far as coloration is 

 i;oiiL'criied, though nearly identical in form. But a s|)cciiiii'ii from an iiitcriiicdiate locality 

 (54,2112, Orizaba, >[cxiio, F. Sl'MlcllUA.vr) ciniihiiics .so iH'rl'i'dly all the characters of the twi), 

 that it would be impossible to ri'lcr it to oiii' or the other as distinct species. It therefore 

 lici^oiiics necessary to assume that the /'. jusijihir is a permanently resident tropical racM' of n 

 sjM'cics of which /'. (li/riis is the iiortlicin representative ; wliich tlieory is strciigtlieiicd by the 

 fact that of the latter there aiv no sjieciinens fomid south of the riiited States, indieating that 

 in winter it does not pass bi-yond their limit, or at least not tUr to the soiiihward. 



Viriostjivia ttarhntttltts. 



