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odfrcs. Lonjrth nlwut S.(ii); winjr. 1.1') ; tail, .'!00; dciilli of its link, ..35 ; onliiipn. .!•'_' ; 

 tiusiis, ."(>. Ivirtal Inisllcs loM.ir. iilioiit lialf tlic liill ; Inwcr iniuuliMt! whitish, yoiini/. 

 iSiuiiliU', liiit wilh 11 stnm^H'r ochniccous liiigi" on iho iili(lonit'n niui hniii^' of Iho vviugs, 

 niid two (lisliiii't oi'hl'aci'Oiis hands across Iho wiiij;'. 



Hab. AFcxico •icncially, into .southi'iii hoixh'rs of United Statos (Vort Wliipplo, 

 Arizona; Du. Coi'Kti). 



HAnri'.'^. Dr. ('ones I'mind this .species .i rare summer resilient at Fort 

 Wliipplo, wliere a .single speeimen wu.s taken August 20, in good ])luniiige. 

 This was its first introduction into the i'auua of the United States. It is one 

 of several Mexican and peninsular birds ibund in Upper Arizf i, prohaMy 

 folh)wiug th(! course of the valley of the (_jireat Colorado IJiver. Nt) olnserva- 

 tions were made in reference to its habits. 



This species is abundant in the Department of Vera Cruz, according to 

 ^fr. Sumiclirast, who gives it as confined to the alpine region, lie found 

 both it and C. riirns common in the mountains of Orizaba, between the 

 luiight of 3,000 and 7,500 feet. 



Contopus virens, Cabanis. 



WOOD FEWEE. 



Miiscii-npn vimi/i, Lin'n. .Syst. Nat. I, 17('>(j, ;;27. — Omklix, .Sy.st. Xat. I, 17S,<<, O.lfi. — 

 L.vni.vM, Index Oin. - Licirr. Vm.. 182;?, .ItiS. — NrrrAi.i,, Man. I, l,s;i2, :is.'.. — 

 Ari). Oin. !»()■,'. II, l.SIit, !l.i ; V, 1>S;!!I, 4-_'.%, pi. c.w. — 111. .Synopsis, 1S;!0, 4';. -In. 

 Hinls Am. 1,1840,231, pi. I.\iv. — (iotACO, liiids I,. Island, 1844, 4;l. Miisri,;,/,,, 

 qucruin, Vii'.M.l.or, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 18(17, (!8, pi. .\.\.\i.\ (not of ^Vii.son). Miiscicn/iii 

 i-apixx, Wll.sox, Am. Oin. II, 181(1, 81, pi. xiii, f. 5. Tiiniiuiiila rinn.i, Kicil. Ap]). 

 Back'.s Voyaj^i". — iioNAl'. Li.st. ISJiS. Mi/iohiiin cZ/vh-s (Ikay. Tiirnnniis rirriix, 

 NllTAl.!,, JIan. 1, (2d imI.,) 1840, '.WCt. diiii/njiiis rinn.i, Caiiams, .((lurnal flir Or- 

 nitlu)lof,de. 111, Nov. ISar., 4711. — Haiuii, Biid.s N. Am. 1858, 11)0. — Silatkk, Cutal. 

 1862, 231. --Samikls, 1:(7. 



Sp. Char. T1u> soooiid ipiill longest; llio tliiid a little shorter ; the first sliortor th.an 

 thofonrtli; the latter nearly .•!() loiip'r tiian the liftli. The primaries more than an iiipli 

 lonf,'or tiian the .soeoiuh.ries. The upper parts, sides of the head, neek, and breast, dark 

 olivaceou.s-brown, the latter rather paler, the liead darker. A narrow white rim,' round 

 the eye. The lower parts pale yellowish, deepest on the abdomen ; a<'ross the breast 

 tiiiired with ash. This pale ash .ometimes oeenpies the whole of the breast, and evi'n 

 c.ei'asioiially extends up to the chin. It is also sometimes ulos.sed with olivaeeons. The 

 wiiiffs ami tail dark brown ; generally deeper than in S. /iikciis. Two narrow bands 

 across the wiiijr. the outer odp;o of first primary and of (he .secondaries and leriials. dull 

 white. The edncs ki\' the tail-feathers like (h<' back : the outer one scarcely liiihler. 

 Upper inandibh' black ; the lower yellow, but brown at the tip. Leiii;th, (5.15 ; wing, 

 :!.5(l; tail. ;!.(I5. 



Haii. Ivistern North .Vim'rii a to the borders of the hiirh (^entral Tlains. Localities: 

 ?nua(emala (Sci.. Ibis, 1. 122); ^[cxieo (Sci.. Ibiis, ]. dill; Culm ? (('An. . I. III. I7i»; 

 OuNDi,. Hep. l.'<(!5, 2:!!l): Costa Uica (Caii. .1. ISiil, ;!48 ; I,Awit. l.\. 115): ("ob.in (Sei,. 

 List) ; Vera Cruz, alpiiu- refiion, breeds (Sim. M. Host. Soc. F, .)57) ; San Antonio, Te.xas 

 and r ern Te.xas (Dkkssku, Ibi.s, L8(J5, 471, brceils). 



