298 CHARACTERS OF SIUEUS AURIC APILLUS 



Tardus aurlcapillus, XicAC. "Prei8-Verz.M6x.Vog. 1830, 2"; J. f. 0. 1863, 57. 



Accentor auricapillus, Bu:h. Eep. Brit Assoc. Adv. Soi. for 1836, 1837, 172. 



Selurus auricapillus, iSm. Class. B. ii. 1837, 847.— Jljj. CA. i. 1850,306.— Xrouw. Ann. Lj-o. 



N. r. in. 186!), 200 (Yucatan).— ffoues, Pr.Pliila. Aoad. 1875, 349. 

 Slurus auricapillns, Moore, PZS. 18159, 55 <Omoa).— Oo«««, Ball Nntt. Club, li. 1877, 31 



(correction of nomenclature).— jlfen-. Trans. Conn. Acad. iv. 1877, 20. 

 Henlcoclchla auricapllla, Sd. PZS. 1856, 293 (Mexico).— Sri. PZS. 1861, 70 (Jamaica).— 



Albrecht, J. t. 0. 1862. 192 (Jamaica).—*. £ 8. PZS. 1870, 836 (Honduras). 

 Tnrdus cltreus, MiUl. SN. Snppl. 1776, 141 (fide Casein, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1664 ; said to be 



based on PE. 398, f. 2). 

 Uotacilla canadensis, Bodd. Tabl. PE. 1783, 24 (PB. 398, f. 2). (In part. The original 



quotation of PE. is this species, aud so is the quotation of Edw. pi. 252; but tho 



other references are to Dendroeca coronata). 

 Inrdus minimus, Bartr. Trav. Ha. 1st Am. ed. 1791, 290 bis. (Not of authors.) 

 Tnrdus coronatus, T. OAS. ii. 1807, 8, pi. 64.— Lees. Tr. Orn. 1831, 418. 

 Anthus coronatus, Berhardt, Naum. iii. 1853, 38. 

 Figuier a teste d'or de Pcnsilyanle, FIcedula pensllTanlca auro-capllla, Briss. Orn. 



iii. 1760, 504, n. 57. 

 Golden-crowned Thrusb, Edw. CrL 91, pi. 252.— Pe7u>. AZ. iL 1785, 339, n. 203.— i/dth. Syn. 



ii. pt. i. 1783, 21, D. 6. 

 Grlvelette de 8. Domlngue, Buff. " Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. 317 ". 

 Petite Grire de St, Domlngue, Buff. PE. 398, f. 2 (basis oSMot canadensis Bodd.). 

 Grire couronnfce, T. 1. c. 1817.— ie Maine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 174. 

 Grlve grivelette, T. 1. o. 1823. 

 Land Klck-up, Ooase, B. Jam. 1847, 152. 

 Golden-crowned Accentor, Golden-crowned Wagtail, Orange-crowned Accentor, Oren- 



blrd, Authors. 



Hab. — Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountaios (Denver, Colorado), 

 the Yellowstone, aud Alaska. South through the whole West Indies and 

 Mexico (even at Mazatlan) and Central America. Breeds iudiffereutly in its 

 North American range. Winters from the Bermudas and Florida south ward. 



Ch. sp. — i 9 Virenti-olivaceus, infra alba fusco striata; ver- 

 tice aurantiaco-brunneo, nigro bistrigato j pedibus pallidd incar- 

 natis. Long. tot. 5^0^ ; alee 3 ; caudcB 2J. 



g 9, adult: Entire upper parts, including the wings and tail, uniform 

 bright olive-green, without markings. Top of head with black lateral 

 striped, bounding a golden-brown or dull orange space. A white ring round 

 eye ; no white superciliary stripe. Under parts white, thickly spotted with 

 dusky on tho breast, the spots lengthening into streaks on the sides ; a nar- 

 row I'lack maxillary line; under wing-coverts tinged with yellow. Legs 

 flesh-colored. Length about G inches ; wing, 3 ; tail, 2J. 



This species exhibits a remarkable constancy of coloration with age, sex, 

 and season. The sexes are indistinguishable, and the young are scarcely to 

 be told from the adults. Fall specimens are ordinarily quite as clearly col- 

 ored as those of the spring ; and the orange-brown crown-spot, though it 

 may be more or less bright, is acquired by the young with their first fuU 

 feathering. There is doubtless a very early streaky stage. 



AOCOEDING to our present information, tbe Golden- 

 crowned Accentor claims place bere solely upon the 

 strength of its observed occurrence at the base of the Eocky 

 Mountains of Colorado, near Denver. It is more especially an 

 Eastern species, though it reaches Alaska, and has been taken 



