102 SYNONYMY AND CHARACTERS OF P. C^RULEA 



Poliopiila coerulea, /fenry, Pr. Pbila. Acad. xi. 1859, 107 (New Mexico).— BA Ives's Ri-p. 



pt. \. 18SI, 6.—Lavr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 2i2.— Brewer, Am. Nat. i. 1867, 116, 



in.—Lnwr. Ann Lye. N. Y. U- lESS, 199 (Yaeatan). — riirai. BE. Pa. 1869, S8 ; Phila. 



ed. 91.— CoiMs, BN W. 18';4, 17 —Hensh. Rep. Orn. Speea. 1874, 99. 

 Gnlicivoraroerulea, Gundl. J. t. 0. 1855. 471 (Cuba). 



Culicisora cerulea. Hoy, Pr. Phila. Aead. vi, 1853, im.—Haym. Pr. Phila. Acad. viii. 1836,289. 

 Motacllla cana, Gm. ,SN. i. pt. ll. 1788,97.3, no. 116 (from BuflF. 



Lath., and Pt-nn.). 

 SylTla cana, Lalh.W. ii. 1790, .^43, no. 133. 

 RegllluS griceUS Bartr. Trav. Fla. 1791, 291. 

 Culiciroramrxlcana, Bp CA. i. 18-50, 316 ($; TiccCaas.). 

 Pulioiitila mexicana, Scl. PZS. 1859, 363. 373 (Xalapa, Oax- 

 aca) — S. S; S Ibia, 1859, 9 (Guatemala).— Sci. PZS. 1862, 18 



(SouthiTit Mexico). 

 Ficcdulapensylvanicacinerea, Briss. " Av. App. 107, no. 79". 

 Little Elue-gpfy Fly-catcher, Edw. Glean, pi. 302. 

 Figulcr gris-de-fer, Buff. " ou. v. 3 ;9 ". 

 Csrul an Warbler, Lath. Syn. H. pt. iu 1783, 49U, no. 117.- 



Pe/m. AZ. ii. 178"), 4U5, no. 299. 

 FIgulep cendrt a gorge cendr,5e, Buff. " v. 319 ". ^e-,-i 



firey-thpoat Warbler, Lath.. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 1783, 496, no. 128.— Fig. 17.— Head^of Blne- 



Penn. AZ. ii. 1785, 411, no. 315. gray Gnatcatcher (low. fig.); 



Bluc-gray Flycatcher, And. l. c. of Black-capped Gnatcateher 



CuUcIrorc gris dc fer, D'Orb. 1. e. (up. fig.) ; nat. size. 



Hab. — United States from Atlaotio to Paoifio ; nortli to the Connecticut 

 Valley and Yreka, Cal.; soutti through Mexico and Lower California to 

 Guatemala. Bahamas. Cnha. Breeds throughout its United States range. 

 Winterd on the southern United States border and southward. 



Ch. sp. — Cano-cmrulea, infra caneseenti alba, alts f urns cano 

 limhatis, eaiida nigra, reetrice externa alba, secunda albo-dimidiatd, 

 tertia albo-terminaia, orhitis albis, rostro pedibusque nigris. S 

 vertice magis cwrulescente, fronte cum striga superciliari nigra; 

 9 vertice dorso cnncolore, fronte et superciliis innotatis. 



^ , adult : Grayish-blue, bluer on the crown, hoary on the rump, the fore- 

 head black, continuous with a black superciliary line. EJjjes of eyelids 

 white, and above these a slight whitish stripe is commonly observed bordering 

 the black exteriorly. Below white, with a faint plumbeous shade, particu- 

 larly on the breast. Wings dark brown, the outer webs, especially of the 

 inner ffuills, edged with hoary, and the inner webs of most bordered with 

 •white. Tail jet-black, the outer feather entirely or mostly white, the next 

 oneabout half white, the third one tipped with white. Bill and feet black. 

 Length, 4-^-5 ; extent, 6^-7 ; wing, 2-2! ; tail about the same. 



$: Like the ^ , hut duller and more gri'.yish-blue above; the head like 

 the back, and without any black. Bill usually in part light colored. 



The extent of white on the tail varies somewhat; but I have seen no 

 eastern si)pciiiieiis in which the outer feather was not white in all of its 

 extent which was not covered by the under coverts. In some Arizona 

 examples, however, the black which usually exists at the base extends be- 

 yond the coverts, and iu fact there is little more white on this feather thaa 

 there is in P. plumbaa, though the black of the frontlet is intact. 



