78 SYNONYMY AND CHAKACTEES OP S. SIALIS 



194 (Black Hills).— iKajfit. Pr. Boat. Soc. liv. 1873, 3SB.— Scott. Pr. Bost. Soo. XT. 1872, 

 2iJ.— JVood, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 17.3 (albino).— J/ayra.-B. Pla. 1872, 23.— Cones, Key, 1873, 

 76.— GuBi. J. f. O. 1873, 409 (Cuba).— Pardie, .4tn. Nat. vil. 1873, 693.— Trippe, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. XT. 1873, 23i.—Ridg. Bull. Essex lost. T. 1873, 179 (Colorado) .—Jferr. Am. 

 Nat. Till. 1874, B.—Ooues, BNW. 1874, 13.— Bd. Br. ^ Ry. NAB. i. 1874, 62, %. pi. 5, 

 f. 3.— Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. XTli. 1875, 438. 



InSClnlaSiallS, Qiebel, Vogel, 1860, 44, flg. 94. v 



Hcialia SClalla, Le Maine, Ols. Canad. 1861, 202. 



alalia Wilsonll, "Sm. Zool. Joum. iii. 1827, 173".— PeaS. Rep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 316.— BurneK, 

 Pr. Bost. .Soc. It. 1851, 116.— Cabot, Naum. ii.Heftiii. 1352, 66.— 7%omp». NH. Vermont, 

 1853, 85, fig.— ffooiA. SitgreaTe's Rop. 1853, 68.— Hoy, Pr. Phlla. Aoad. tI. 1853, 313.— 

 Read, Pr. Phila. Acad. Ti. 1853. 399.— Kennic. Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 583.— Prat- 

 ten, Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. 1. 1855, 603.—Haym. Pr. Phila. Acad. Tiii. 1856, 290.— Bland, 

 Smitlison. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 287 (Bermuda).- Wiiiis, Smithson. Rep. for 1858, 1859, 

 212 (Nova Scotia).— Hoy, Smithson. Rep. for 1864, 1865, 438.— [Chittenden,] Am. Nat. T. 

 1871, 167. 



Erytbaca (Slalla) wllsonll, s. (^ R. FBA. ii. I83l, 210. 



Slalia Wilsoni, Bp. C. & GL. 1838, 16.— Pmm. Pr. Ess. Inst. 1. 1856, 208.— Sci. PZS. 1856, 293 

 (Cordova).- iCTicet Pr. Po«t. Soc. vi. 1857, 233.— ilfm, J. f. O. vi. 1858, 120.— Set PZS. 

 1859, 297 (Parada).— Sci. PZS. 1859, 362 (Xalapa).— Sci. PZS. 1859, 371 (Oaiaca).- S. ^S. 

 Ibis, i. 1859, 8 (Guatemala).— Martens, J. f. O. 1859, 313 (Bermuda).- rayZ. Ibis, ii. i860, 

 110 (Honduras).- S. ^ S. Ibis, iL 1860, 29 (Guatemala) —Owen, Ibis, iii. 1861, 60 (Guate- 

 mala, breeding). 



Slalla WilsODla, fFaiUt, Sep. Mississippi, 1854, 319. 



Slalla azurea, Sw. Philos. Mag. i. 1827, 369.— Bd. Rev. AB. 1864, 62 (Mexico).— Santici. 

 Mem. BoBt. Soc. i. 1869, 544 (Vera CruB). 



Rubecnia carollnensis, Brisi. Cm. iii. 423. 



Blue-backed Bed-breast Warbler, Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 398, no. 281. 



Bouge-gorge bleuede la Caroline, Bu/. "v.2i2"; PE. 390, f. l , 2, 



Blane Rotta-Kebleln, Schaeff. l. u. 



Blaue Banger, Oiehel, l. c. 



Fauveltebleue et rousse Le Maine, 1. c. 



Bluebird, Catea, Car. 1. 47, pi. 47. 



Blue Redbreast, Edw. Birds, pi. 24. 



Blue Warbler, Lath. Syn. ii. pt. iL 1783, 446, no. 40. 



Oommon Bluebird, Eastern Bluebird, Wilson's Bluebird, American Bluebird, Red- 

 breasted Bluebird, Vulg. 

 Had. — Eastern United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. West to the bor- 

 ders of Montana and Wyoming (Milk River, Cooper ; Black Hills, Solden) ; 



and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. Bermudas. Cuba. 



Mexico (with 5. " azurea"). South to Guatemala. Breeds throughout its 



range. Winters in the Southern States. 



Gh. sp. — $ Azurea, suhtus castanea, ventre albo, rostra pedi- 

 busque nigris. 2 Fusco-ccerulea, alls cauddque ccerulescentibus, 

 infra pallidi rufa, ventre albo. 



$, in full plumage: Rich azure-blue (clear cobalt), the ends of the wing- 

 quills blackish ; throat, breast, and sides of the body deep chestnut ; belly 

 and criasum white or bluish-white. The blue extends around the head on 

 the sides and often fore part of the chin, so that the chestnut is frequently 

 cut off from the bill. Length, 6^-7 ; extent, 12-13 ; wing, 3}-4 ; tail, 2J-3. 



g , in winter, fall, and in general when not full-plumaged : Blue of the 

 upper parts interrupted by reddish-brown edging of the feathers, or obscured 

 by a general brownish wash. White of belly more extended ; tone of the 

 other under parts paler. In many eastern specimens, the reddish-brown 

 skirting of the feathers of the back blends into a decided dorsal patch.; and 



