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Landbeck, in Wiegmann's Archiv fiir Naturgesch. for 1864, page 

 56, describes as new a Dendroica atricapilla, collected at Valdivia, 

 Chile, iu June lY, 1858. Without expressing a definite opinion on 

 the subject, I cannot distinguish this bird, by his description, from D. 

 striata, although the dimensions appear rather smaller. 



B. striata, D. coronata, and B. sestiva are the only species of the 

 genus that occur as far north as the shores of the Arctic Ocean. 



Very many specimens in the collection from the whole United 

 States east of the Missouri plains, as well as from the interior of 

 British North America ; also — 



Among the American Sylvicolidse is a group of what may be 

 called " Golden Warblers," having, as their common characters, the 

 body yellowish-green above, golden yellow beneath ; the quills and 

 tail feathers dark brown, margined internally with yellow, externally 

 with the color of the back ; the breast and sides streaked with 

 orange brojvn, of which color is also sometimes the head. This 

 combination of characters is peculiar to the group, and especially 

 the yellow of the inner webs of the tail feathers, which is found in 

 no other American Warblers. Originally represented by a single 

 species — the familiar Z>. sestiva of the United States — the list has 

 recently been largely increased. All except sestiva belong to Middle 

 America, or the northern part of South America, but especially to 

 the West Indies, where, it is probable, that each large island will be 

 found to have its own peculiar representative, as is the case to a 

 greater or less extent with Certhiola, Loxigilla, Saurothera, Todus, 

 Und many other genera. The diagnostic characters of the male 

 birds of the best known species are as follow : — 



13 April. 1865. 



