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Synopsis of the American Species. 



A. Dack iihv;iys I'uiiii'ly nifoii-. ^wiili or wiili.nii. \<\M-k li;i]>.) I.owfr parts 

 while, in- only liniji"! with ocliiMi-roiis; I'iniii mikI auiii'iiliirs ilisliiii'lly wliitisli. 



(/. Iniii'i' \vcl)s of |iiiiimric.s Ijancd ''iiliri'ly acToss, willi white and chisUy ; 



•■UHi>laelie" aiToss I lie cheeks i'()ns[)ienons ; no eonsiii(;non.s .-iipereihary stripe 



of while. 



1. T. sparverius.' ("rowii hhiisii, \\ itli oi- witliout a [lateli of nitons. 

 ^. W ill-- ami upper pan of head slaty, or asliy-lijne ; seapnlars, liaek, 

 iinnp, and tail icddi.-.li-nifoiis; primaries, liasai ladl' of tlie secondaries, 

 and a liroail siil)terniinal /oni' .across ihc' lail, lilaek. 9. The lihiish, 



i-Mi'pl ihatoftlio liead, repla 1 liy rnl'ons, wliich is everywhere liarred 



with lilaekish, anil of a less reililish east, //ali. Entire continent, of 

 .\nuM-ii-a, al.so Lesser .Vnlilles, iiorlh to Si. Tlioina-. 



b. Inner welis of primaries white, merely seriated alon.i,' the :'.liai't with 

 dusky; ■■ nin^lache " uli>olele or wanlini;; a coiispieiioiis superciliary stripe 

 of while. 



2. T. leucophrys." Similar to njxirrcriKs, except as characterized 

 iilio\c. i/iil/. ( 'iilia and llayti. 



• A synopsis of the <;oi)j;ra[iliic'al races ef T. .i/turrcn'Kx comes after the leiiiarks on Hint 

 specii'S, pai,'c 1 l.sti. 



- Fiiloj (Tiiiiiiiiiiiilti.s) /(Krii/i/ii'iii. Tliiniiiiiiihm .i/xn-renn'ilf!) (not of Vii,'ors !*, Lawkknck, 

 .Villi. I,ye. N. V. 1.s(i(l, p. 1 (ill jiart ; lif,'lit nidividiuilsi. Fulco spKi-vrriun (not of l.imi.l), 

 It'diil!. 1!. ."^a^'ia, Hist. Nat. Ciilia, p. i:> (pmhalily). Vic. /oiil. .hairn. 1, :i:i!» ; 111, ■)•!.">. 

 7'itiiiiiiirii/ii.t /■■/((■(i/iliii/.i, lime, Y, I'r. Ac. Xat. Sc. I'liil. 187(i, 147. //ith. I'liha and Hayti. 



^Ii/ii/.f (J (:i-l,-J4t. Ii'fiiiciliii?.. I iiha, Dceeinlicr 14, IStiy ; N. II. liisliop). Mead ahove laiiv, line 

 lililisli-asli, licccaniiij; (hroadly) wliiic on furclicad ; the fiatliers with delicate slial'tdiiies of hlaek. 

 Nape, hack, scapulars, riiiiip, uiijier tail-coverts, and tail rich ]air]!lisli-nifoiis (almo.st exactly as 

 in s/i(ii-n'fiii.\) : 110 hais on dorsal ivj^ion, excepi a very few acro'^s ends of hirj,'cr poslcrior .siapii- 

 lars. Tcairiiiial hand of tail /i)//it ni/oi/n, .:M in width; siilitcrniiiial /one of hlai-k, viiy rci^iilar, 

 ..')") in wiillli ; Literal feather, with onler welt and end of iiiiici'. icddisli-wliilc, tin' hlaek siihter- 

 niinal hand crossini; the inner well only ; inner well anterior to this, coiilimuais rufous; shafts 

 of tail-fcatlicis nif ai>. \Viin,'s lim- hlni.-^h-asli, like tlu' crown; middle and lower coverts with a 

 very few elliptical, lihuiiliuUiuil s]ieck.s or touches of lilack on the .shafts; sei'onilaries passins; 

 tenninally into white, their expo.sed hasal half pure Mack ; priniarii'S (aire hlaek, cxi>ose(l edjjes 

 of inner wehs paler. Whole under surface of wiiif^s inuiiaculate pure white, with a faint delicate 

 reddish tiiiffc ; imn'r wehs of primaries .serrated aloii;,' the shaft with dusky. I'\ireli<'ad and sii|i('r- 

 oiliary stripe (lnoadly and sharply delined ajjailist the hluish of the crown^ whole side of the 

 head (inehidiiiL; lores and ear-coverts), and I'litire lower parts, continuous, iininucahlc, \nuv 

 white, with a delicate oriiii^L;e tiiifie, except anteriorly. Tln^ " niu.stache " is hut just indicated 

 by somo hlaekish touches, and in .some individuals it is wantiuf; entirely, while in all it is very 

 restricted in width ; the other hlaek markiiics of the hi'ad arc, howi'Vei'. as in snimrrins. Wiuj,'- 

 formula, 2, 3-4, 1. Win^', 7.00; inil, .-,.1111; tarsus, l.;jii; middle, toe, .00; culmen, .Hi. A 

 specimen in .Mr. LawreHK^'s collection, which with olhcrs lie has kindly lent me for examiiiation, 

 is in heaiililully hij,di plumajje. It dilfeis from the type in liavin;,' the white of the lower parts 

 tinned, or rather Mtiiiicl, with a heautiful, delicate rufous, or almost a sahmn-omivjf The ter- 

 minal hand of the tail al.so inclines decidedly to this color, while the white of thi' niider surface 

 of the wiiif,' (particularly towards ends of secondaries and iiriinaries) is tin;,'ed with a more ]iinkish 

 shadi' of the same. .Vnolhcr of Mr. Lawrence's snecimens dillers in the cliMier wliiti> hcueath 

 (that i.s, with less reddish tiiiee, — the pnrc'uc.ss and coiitiniiity does not vary), wliich I'xteuds 

 entirely around the neck, Kiviiif? a sharper deliiiilion to the hlack pattern. The "mustache," 

 however, is almost entirely ah.sent ; the hlack transverse spots on larger posterior .sea iiulars are 

 rathi'r more eonspiciion.s, and the terminal hand of the tail is more purely white. 



$ (yi,it84, Cuba, .1. Ackhiiist). (Jeiierally similar to .i/iarirriiis, hut rufous hriuhti'r, the bars 



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