log NORTH AMERir.VN KIRDS. 



B> TmH 'ippcd willi (Iccp ruliiiis; niiirr tiiil-llMtln'r unv,irii'L;;iti'il. 



f). Ili'iul iiliDVi' (ItirU ^hily-iiliiiiilH'Diis, willidiil iiiiy nilo\i>:. ^. Tnil 

 c'oiitiniiDiis niliiiis lo tlic cxtrciiH' lip, llic sulili'i'iniiiMl lilai'k liiuiil 

 n:iri-ii\vrr lliiiii ihr liTiiiiiial niHiiis mic. iiml Mot. (■iiiiliiiuniis ; llic uiilci- 

 Irallirr fUlii'i'ly nil'iiiis, wilhuiit :iiiy lihirk. In dllici' rcspi'cis iiiil('!i 

 lil<i' \:n: ii>ixlr<ili.i, (9 not si'cii.) /J<(b, I'liilo ;iii(l Wcslci-ii lini/.il. 



vai'. (' / // */ II III II III i II II s.' 



markings HniMr only (111 'lie lircasl, lii'cmiiiiij; (i'ar-slia]iiMl and liiciilar im the .siili's, ami tians- 

 vi'iM' on the ll:inU> ; llif iccl |iatcli on lln' ciinvn is ipiilr ixlriisivc In tin' wliolc M'lii's lln' tliinl 



ipiill is lipni^rsi, anil llir liill is, in all, lonsiili'ialily lon;;rr than in any s| iini'ii nf sjinnrriii.s rx- 



ccptiii;; lli'isi' IViini Kliiiiila. Anotlirr I'cnialr IVoni St. 'I'lioinas ^;ll!,,'l.'l] ; llolicit Swift) is almost 

 cxailly likr tlir oiii' IVuiii I'l vto lli( o ; tin' iiit'iins of the clown I'oviTs nrarly tlic wliolc lop of the 

 head, and is ipiitc hri^ht. in a series of skins lieloneini,' to Mr. Newton, deposited in the .S. f. 

 Collection, we lind a pair of this variety I'roio the island of St. Croix, \V. I. They are perfectly 

 typical examples. The male ("May 'J, iJ^.'u, I!. I!.") has the lari;e lilaek sjiots of the side trans- 

 versely cordate ; the hands on the tail are lirokeii into spots on edj,'es of the feathers ; the IV'male 

 ^'•s. p. 227, IS. I>"1 is in nearly all rcs|iecls like the specimen desciihcd. 



Lint 11/ S/iiriiiiiii,i i:i-iiiiiiiiiil. '- }\al. Mils., 7; Host. Soc, ;! ; A. Newton, 2. Total, 111. 



MiiisiiituiiiiIk. ~ $. Willi;, (;.:>l) li..su ; tail, -l..'iO .'..'ill; iillineii, . I.'p ..'>') : tarsus, l.."iO ; 

 middle loe, .n.'i. Specimens, a. J. Win^, li.MI 7.UI; tail. .'). Till .'i.T.'i : cnlmeii, .;"i,"i ; tarsus, 

 l.,"ill ; middle toe, l.ll;'). Spcciiiicns, ',. 



' J-ii/id .••/iiirimiin, var. liiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii^. h'tilm ciniiiiiiiiiniiiiun, .Swainson, .\n. .Menaj;. ]i. '_'81, 

 ]S.'i8. J'li'ii/iii-iiis i-iiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiix, Iv.vi'l', Monof,'. Kale. Coiit. Orii. l.sali, p. iu\ (tinder /'. .yiiirrf-. 

 rills). I'iiiiiiiiiriihis ciiiiiKiiiiimi 11-1, (li:AV, (Icn. li. lol. .s|i. 11, IStl; I-ist li. Mrit. Mus. p. li'i. 

 — lioNAI'. Colisp. Av. p. 27. — SriMiM,. (1iM. Syii. I. Imi, IS.'i,'). '/'iinniiini/ii.i [sjiiirrrriii-i 

 Viu:!) riiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiix, liiiir.WAV, 1'. A. N. S. I'hil. lie.-. I.s7ii, 11!'. 



J/iili. Chile and Western I!ia/il. 



.I'lii/I $ (1S,S-.>1, Valdivia, Chile, Jannary, ImU ; Xat. Mns. 01' Chile, Dr. I'hilippi, Pir.). 

 Somewhat like var. iiiisti-nlis ,■ in fact, re.seiiihliii}; this in general a]ipearanee. Head aliove, how- 

 ever, very dark dull phimlieons, with very distinct shaft-streaks of Mack. Hack and scapulars 

 sparsely haired with Mack, the hars liroaihst posteriorly. Tail niiicli Inijjhter rufous than thi' 

 haik ; eonliiiiions nifoiis to the c.xtreMc tip ; a very narrow snlitermiiial hand of Mack, .lid of an 

 inch wide, crossing alioiit .."i.'i of an inch Ironi the tip, iiiakiiii,' the ti'rininal deep rnloiis, nearly 

 twice as wiile as the hlaek ; to the outir feathers the hiaek is thrown into a spot on each 



well, .scarcely liaichiii;,' the shall ; on the laleial feather the hlaek is lackinj,' entirely, the inner 

 Well lieinj,' conlinnoiis rufous, the outer paler, inclining,' to ii(diraeeous-whilc. I'limaries con- 

 spicnously wliite ti'l-ininally : inner wilis white, with transverse liars of dusky; there lieinj,' on 

 the lon^'i'st (second) ten sjiaees of white, these more than twice the wiillh of the dusky hars ; 

 liniiif,' of the wiiif,' eicamy-white, with minute streaks of hlaek sparsely distributed, roichead 

 more hoiry than the crown ; lores white. Kar-coverts, neck, and entire lower jiarts, contiiinniis 

 iliill white; hreast with a few minute Mack streaks; Hanks with more expanded tcar-sliaiied 

 ilaslu's of the .same. The "nm.staehc" is very conspicuous, as are also the or.-il, cervical, and 

 nuchal niarkin.^'s. Winji-formula, 2 = :!-!, I. Win?,', 7 ■ U> : tail, .I.!.".; tarsn.s, 1.10; iniihlle 

 toe, .'.la ; eulmeii, .,'.(1. No. ."in.HU (lira/il ; Sr. Don l'"red. Alhm|neripiel is exactly simihir. 



JJsl ,1/ SjluUlllCils f.riliilinnl. Xat. Mils., 2. 



.Uiiisitiriiiiii/s. -- $. Wing, 7.4il 7.70 ; tail, u.50 ; cuhiaii, .TiO ; tarsus, 1.10-1.12; middle 

 toe, .'.I,'). Specimens, 2. 



