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iiiiil is tlms eiititlod to a ])lii('(! in our fiiuiiii. Its (listiiiction I'roia a closely 

 alliwl race in Jamaica, llayti, etc., var. mlidrix, is shown on paj^o lifjQ. 



A specimen belonjfing to ,Mr. Salvin (" No. 187 "), from " Istlunus of I'ana- 

 ma," we cannot distinguish satisfactorily i'roui typical examples ol' tlu* jiresent 

 race, with which it is to lie compared, and not with nilit/ri^. Tlie colors are 

 quite identical witli tliose of hiirlm/iih's In si/e it is .'iliLditly larj,'er, the 

 wing ineasurin.t,' 0.20 instead of :>.l.-) ; tiie tail 2.50, instead of 2.l').'i (from 

 exposed biv.se of feathers) ; the hill is 'Ididvcr, lieiiiu' .2(1 instead of .18 dceji ; 

 tlie third (piill is lonj^est, the second interinediati! Iietwci'u it and tlie fourth; 

 the first intermediate lietween tiie fourth and tiflh. In />^(////'/«/«.s tlie .second 

 is longest, the third and fourth successively a little shorter. It is not 

 improliable that other s])ecimens fi'oni that locality niny show greater difl'er- 

 ences, as the specimen under examination is in rathei worn ]tlumage, and 

 has the tip of the bill broken olV. 



ILviiiTS. This species imly claims a place in oin- .ivifauna on the ground 

 of its presence in Florida. How abundaut it is theri; is not determined, fur- 

 ther than it has been olwerved within a restricted locality by Dr. Heernuinn. 

 This Avas at Charlotte Harbor, on tlie southwestern coast. They ajipeared 

 to be visitors only, from a more .southern clinie. They reached Florida in 

 their northern migrations, remaining only for a short season, but evidently 

 staying long enough to breed. Dr. Hecrmaiin states that this sjiecies resem- 

 bles, in manners and in appearance, the common I{e<l-eyed X'ireo of the 

 more northern States. He descrilies its song as clear and musical, and very 

 distinctly uttered. It was constantly on the search for insect.s, and apjKN'ired 

 even more active than any of the northern species, darting among the foliage, 

 peering into cievices and cobwebs, susiiended i'roni brandies with its kick 

 downward, and occasionally chasing a Hying insect in the manner of a true 

 Flycatcher. These movements were usually accom]ianied by a song. This 

 species was not abundant, though Dr. Heermaim .saw it frequently, and 

 obtained .sevevil fijjecimens. 



Dr. Bryant found this sjiecies very almndant at tlie P>aliamaR, arriving 

 there alxmt the first of May. All tlie specimens he obtained were males, 

 the females not arriving there until after the l:U!i of .May. The notes of 

 tho'se birds, he states, vary, though the most common one resembles v/iJj> 

 torn JM/p phi'un, iironounciiig the first Mord distinctly. 



This bird,i in Brown's History of Jamaica, is called " Whip-tom-kelly," 

 from the suitposed resemblance of its notes to tliesii articulate sounds, and 

 this pojiular ajijiellatioii has been given it by various other writers. Mr. 

 (losse, however, in his Birds of Jamaica, calls this bird " John-to-whit," and 

 can find no resemblance in its notes to the words referred to. He describes 

 its song as uttered with incessant iteration and untiring energy, and as 

 resendiling Siarf-Jdhn ! Joint, to irliit ! surct John to vliif ! After July the 



' The Jiuimican liiril is V'. ra/iilrii, imt hdrhnliihi.i. In all luolmlnlily, liowevcr, tlicy (li> nut 

 (lill'cr in habits and notes. 15. K. 

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