■lf,2 NORTH A.MKItlCAN nillDS. 



B« Buck rufous only in tlic 9- l-nwci' pints tli'cp liTni;,'iiM)iis-i-iirDiis ; trout 



and aurieuliiis diisky. 



;j. T. sparveroides.' (f. Alnivr, <'xi'ci>t llic liiil, cuiiivly ilnU pluui- 

 lii'oiis, Willi ii liliickisli iiiu/hiil cnllar; prilii:irics iiinl ('i1l;l's iukI siili- 

 tci'iiiiiKil puitiuii of tiiil-fi'iilliL'rs, liliifU. IJuiR'alli ilccp riil'oiis (like tin.' 

 Iiack nt' .s^«(/-('(v/«s iuid leiico/iliri/s), with a wnsli of |ilumliL'ous acios.-' 



nnrrowor mid Ics.-- iiuiiii'toii.s ; the nape or upper part nf l«irk, and nun)), liciii;' I'most iiiiiiiaiidati'. 

 Tail with ten Mack liars, tlicsc scarcely tmirliing the slial't ; llie last is ali(iiil . wide, llie ntliers 

 alioiit .l(i ; tip (if tall sean ely ]ialer tliaii liase ; lateral leather «itli (inter weli edijed Inciadly witli 

 paler or oeliraeeoiis white, rul'iuis next the shall, iniinaeiilate ; inner wcli with (inly three iir I'mir 

 very iinridw liars (in teiliiiiial half. Head as in the male, luit vertex emisideralily tin^'ed with rii- 

 fdiis. Wliiile lower parts, iiieliidiiig IVoiilal and lateral regions of t]w head, ennliimons pure 

 white ; lireast with a very faint yellowish tinj{e ; side of the lireasi and sides with a lew seattered 

 iiiimite elliptical longitudinal Hakes of rusty, - -more Mack on the shaft. Whole under snil'aee 

 ol the wing while, as in the male. Wing roruiula, "J, .'i-J, 1. Wing, 7.0(1 : l.iil, 1.70; tarsus, 

 1.4(1; niidille toe, .!»(); eulnieii, ."il. \ Ciilian female helonging to Mr. I.awiciice is exactly 

 similar. One in the S. 1. Collei'tion, froiu llayti (12,42(1, Port an I'riuee, .luue 0, IMio; A. ('. 

 Younglovi ), (lilfer.s only in less imrely lilack hais, and in utter absence of the mustache. A male 

 from the same locality ^ I3,41>S) is like it in the last respect. 



,/iir. 9 (:i4,2:!."i, licmcdio.s, Culia, I)eceuilier, lt<iJ4 ; N. 11. IJishop). Similar to tlu^ adult 

 de.serilied, lait jiignluiii tinged with soft iiinkisli-rul'ous, and the Mack liais on upiier parts — es- 

 pecially on wing.s - with ii plumheou.s cast. 



In regard to this form, we )nu.st either foii.sider that it is a disiiiict species, or (s.^iiiiic thai il is 

 a light phase of a Ciihau species, of which T. s/ninrnx'dri may he the dark or rulesccnt I'lirin ; 

 knowing, as we do, that the dill'erenees lictweeii /riii-n/ilii'iin ;{ui\ s/iiinrriiiilci depend (in neither 

 sex, age, nor season, then the only way to account for the two |iha,ses is to coiisi.ler that the 

 (-'ulian liird (if we deny it the rank of a s^iecie.s) presents a very peculiar example of dimor- 

 phism. 1 have never yet seen n .specimen which was not decidedly one or the other. An adult 

 male from t'ulia is imniaeulate white beneath, the breast very strongly tinged with deep rufou.s, 

 the mustache wholly absent. Two females liave narrow brown streaks on the breast, the mus- 

 tache nearly obsolete ; the dusky bars on priinaiies and tail much iiaiiower. 



LM II/ S/icri/Miis cxamiiial. — Xat. Mils., 7 ; Host. Soc,, 8; I'hilad. Acad., "_' ; (1. \. Law- 

 rence, 4. Tot d, lii. 



Measure nirnts. — ^. Wing, fi.SO- 7.30; tail, 4.110 - .'i. 20 ; eulinen, .4,'( ; tarsus, 1.4.'i : miihlle 

 toe, .90; .specimens, 4. 9- ^^ '"ft 7.10-7.00; tail, 4.90-,').i30 ; eulmcii, ..')0-.,'i2; tarsus, 

 1.40 ; middle toe, .01 ; specimens, 0. 



' Fdlvii {Tinniiiiciihis) s/uirrcnivli/i. Fnhn sjirirvrroidi •>, Vlfior.s, Zo^l. ■Tourn. Ill, 43(), 1S27 ; 

 Isis, 1830, p. IKilj. — D'Onn. (R. de la Sagra). Hist. Cuba. 1,S40, ji. 3(i, jil. i. TiminvnilKs 

 simnrmii/cs!, Oi;.\y, fien. H. ffd. n\^. 12, 1844. -- FltASnti, Znlil. Typ. pi. xxx. - li(iN,\l>. Consp. 

 Av. p. 27. -SriiicKl,. Orn. Syn. 1, 100, KS.'iO. — Lawh. .\nn. Lye. N. Y. 18fiO, p. 1 (in part 

 dark specimens^ — IvMiiow.w, V. A. \. S. I'hil. Dec. 1870. 149. Tinnniiriilu.i t/iuiiiiiurii.ii.i 

 (not of (iMKl..?l, (Jli.w, Hand List, I, 24, 1869. - (jfNIn.AUir, lieiiert. f'ulia, I, 22.'i, ISlio. 

 niiipntrlorchisfin-miiiiiVH, Sai'ss. Hev. et >[ag. Znbl. IS.")!!, p. 117, jil. iii. 



Ilith'. f'nlia (only ?). 



Adult g (31,985, Cuba; J. .\ekhurstK Abovo, continuously dark jilumlicdus. fmni bill to 

 the tail, the shafts of the feathers black (these streaks most noticeable on the heail above^ the 

 larger scapulars and interscapulars darker centrally, forming indistinct or obscure spots; this 

 ]ihiinlieous covers the whole ne(k laterally, and the middle area of the ear-eovcrts. An (disolete 

 "niustache" running from the lores downward across the cheeks, a spot across ends of the ear- 

 coverts coninyted with that on the neck, and obsoh^te though continuous collar round the nape, 

 inclining to bliiek. Primaries wholly black, ba.sal third of sei (indaries the same. (No sjiots on 

 wings.) Tail deeji •hestiiut, shafts of feathers black : teriuinal band dull slate ; .suliterminal 

 black zone about .lii) (if an inch in width, but instead of running sharply across, as in all the 

 varieties of spa,\rrius and in kucopliri/s, the black runs along the edgi; of each feather, bor- 



