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Female. Above ashy-n:rccnisli-..livacoous, brightest on forehead ; ed-ps of win-, 

 feathers, up.)er tuiUcovcits, and tail ni<:re ashy on tlie l.aek; beneath nearly unifoim 

 ohvaceous-ycllow, im,-,.,- medially ; lores ashy ; a .superciliary strii..- of oliyaecous-yello^v 

 lloumj male snndar to the female, but forehead and erown olivaeeoiis-oranc',. bri.ditest 

 anteriorly ; superciliary stripe bri-ht orange, \yhole turoat, abdomen, and brc^.s't niJilially 

 rich yello\v, most intense, and tin-ed with orange-chrome on throat. 



Hah. Mountain regions of .Mexico and southern Ro.ky .Mouiilains of Tnited States 

 0a.xaca(0ct.,8cL.vTER); Xalapa (8cl.) ; Guatemala (Sclatku) ; Vera Uru. (not to alpine 

 regions, Sumicuuast). 



TIiLs species differs from all tlie otliers in tlie oreat re.stiictinn of the red • 

 this beiny confined principally to tlie head ahu\e, and median lower surface,' 

 tiie lateral and ni)per parts being quite different reddi.sli-a^liy. Tlie shmh of' 

 red is also peculiar among tiie North American s])ecie.s, being very fine and 

 light, of a red-lead east, and most intense anteriorly. 



Haiuts. a single female specimen in full plumtige of tlds l)cautiful bird 

 Avas obtained by Dr. Woodhouse in the San Francisco M.juutains of New 

 Mexico. It was an adult female, and so far is the only oue known to Iia\ e 

 been found within tlie limits of the United States, ft is not rare in the 

 highlands of Mexico, wlience it probably extends into the mountainous por- 

 tions of the United States. 



Specimens have also been procured from Guatemala, and jMr. Boucard met 

 with it at Choapam, a mountainous district in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Nothing is known of its habits. 



Fyranga cBstiva, var. sestiva ^'IEILL. 



STTHUEB REDBIBD. 



Muscicapa rtibra, Linn. Syst. Xat. 1, 1700, mi T,n,n,,m mticn, CJ.MiaiN, I, 1788, 889 _ 

 Wilson, I, 1810, 95, pi. vi, f. 3. -Aid. Orn. Biog. I, isai, 232; V, isan, 518, 

 pi. xliv. Pi/mvga wstiva, Vikill. Nouv. Diet. .X.WIII, 1819, 291. — Hon.' List! 

 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, 18.50. — Arn. Syn. 1839, ]3tj. -In. I!i,ds Am. HI, ]84l' 

 222, pi. (■.■viii.-..Sci.ArKli, Pr. Z.ml. Soc. LSoo, 150. — In. lsr,o, V2X — liuiiD Birds 

 N. Am. 1858, 301.-Hi;ki!mann, P. I!. I!. X, p. 17. liiuuwAY, Pr. A.'n. S. 

 1869, 130. — MavnaiU), Hinls K. JIass. 1870, 109. ]%,;iisonm a:stiva, Sw. Birds, II, 

 1837, 284. Vhieniconnma (vstim, Caiianms, Mus. Hcin. 1,S.-,I, 25. ? Lo.via virginim, 

 Gmelin, I, 1788, 819. (Male changing.) 1 Tnnagmmiviisniiipkn^is, O.mki.i.n, I, 1788, 

 889. P,,Mnga mMHsi,,picmls, Max. Cab. .loiir. VI, 1858, 272. Tini„mi vn,'i,;j„((,' 

 La .11. Ind. Orn. I, 1790, 422. (Mule changing.) Tungurc du MUsUsipm, Buffon! 

 Ola. V, 63, pi. enl. 741. 



Sp. CnAn. Bill wt.Ay as long a.- the head, without any median tooth. Tail nearly 

 even, or slightly roi nded. Mule. Verniilion-re.l ; a little darker almye, and brightest on 

 the head. Quills brown, the outer webs like the back. Shalts only of the taiUfeathcrs 

 brown. Bill light horn-color, m,.re yellowish at the edges. Femule^ Olive above, yellow 

 beneath, with a tinge of reddish. Length, 7.20; wing, 3.7o; tail, 3.00; cnlm'en, .70, 

 tarsus, .68. 



Hab. Ea.storn Province United States, north to about 40°, though occasionally strnyin.' as 

 far as Nova Scotia ; west to borders of the plains. In winter, s.aith through the whole of 



Middle America (ex.vpt the Pacili .ast) as far as Ivnadnr au,l I'ern. Cuba; .Jamaica 



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