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Atliiiilic cdii.Hts (if Smitli Aiiii'iicii (pinlialily tlic wliolo Atliinli(^ cnast nl' 

 tiipjiical iiiid siil)trn|iical Aiiicrica), the Inic simrnriux is cliaii.m'il iiilu what 

 Swaiiisdii lias calU'il " luilm isclnlliiiiis" wliicli ilin'iTs rnnii llic Idiiiu'r only 

 in liaviii;,^ llic I'iiicrcoiis ul' tlii' cmwii ami \viii,i,'s cuiisidcralily darker (as well 

 as Il'ss liluislii, apiiriiacliiiij;' ])1iiiiiIhmmis ; liio rut'niis iif tlu' cniwii is totiiUy 

 alisi'iil, or (iiily prcsiMit in I'aiiit tiuiclii's ; tlic lower parts arc (if a deeper 

 (icliraceinis, and tlii' lilaidv spots ou tlie linast and sides sparse. 



Allied to the last in tints of enloration, and apparently a direct ollslioot 

 rnmi it, is the (/ow//;/V(';/.s'/.s' of (Iniclin (liascd upon description liy Itrisson), 

 which inhaliits the Lesscy Antilles, from Trinidad northward to I'orto Ifico. 

 Althoii,L,'li I consitk-r this (var. ilnuiinln iisis) as a inodilit'd form of the var. 

 isiilii/liinin, \\'t it is til" one of all the varieties rd'errilile to .'i/Kirirrii'x 

 which deviates most widely from the typical or original style. Tia' charac- 

 ters of this are, tints those of \ai'. isuliil/iin's, luit, in addition, the tail lias 

 mimorous more or less com]ilcte Mack hands, while tho.so of the hack and 

 scapidars iire very liroad and numerous ; also, the crown has a decided rufous 

 ]iatch; tiie liill, too, is lainer tlian in any other Anutrican memher of the 

 jicnus. A .style of consideralile uniformity, spreads over the whole of Soutli 

 America, including,' liotli coasts, from lionotu to the Parana, exceptinj,' the 

 northeastern coast region, liefore mentioned as iiihaliited hy the var. i.-idlii/- 

 /iiiKfi. It (litters from all the otlier styles, except the chuKdiuiiniiii's of Chile, 

 in liavini,' the lower parts continuously dull white, any ocliracc'ous tinj^e 

 heiiiu scarcely jierceptilile ; there is seldom a trace of rufous on the crown, 

 which has the lijjht hluish tint seen in var. .siinrirriiia, and the lilack zone 

 of the tail is s(,'arcely more than half as wide as in the northern races. In 

 size, also, it somewhat exceeds the otiiers. Swainson named this " Foiro 

 f/rxri/in" ; hut the F. (Ti/nii'iicii/ii,-<) (/nni/is oi' Lesson lieinj,' a diflbrent sjie- 

 cie.s, and the name as apiilied to it of jirior date, I have bestowed upon the 

 present liird the name var. nia^tmlis. 



In Chile and lirazil (Western ') we find a form resemlilinj? the last in some 

 respects, lait diH'erini^' in jioints of almost specific value. Tt differs from all 

 the other American nuMuliers of the j^'enus in having the tail continuously 

 rufous (o the extreme tiji, the lilack /one being cousideralily narrower than 

 the terminal rufous, the lateral tail-feather immaculate rufous, etc. The 

 grayi.sh of the head is much darker and more .slaty than in the var. (ms/rd/ia. 

 Tiiis is, without doubt, the Fi'/ro rlniuiinohiiiim^ of Swainson, (ln! specimens 

 in the collection corresjionding exactly with the deserijition by that author. 



The rufous patch on tlie crown must not be too much considered, as it is 

 of all characters ]ierhaps the most tn^icherous, though its ]iresence or 

 aUsence is in a measure characteristic of the several varieties. Neither does 

 the exact number of spots on the lateral tail-feather prove sulliciently con- 

 stant to serve as a character in which the least reliance (^an be i)laced, 

 thotigh Swainson attaches considerable value to it. 1 have found that, 

 besides varying almost with the individual, in some siiecimeiis the feather-:, 

 of o])posite sides did not correspond. 



