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trils, too, are much more linear, and the wings unusually long. In 

 these respects, as well as in pattern of coloration, it forms a very 

 strongly marked section among the Dendroicaa, even if not entitled 

 to consideration as a separate genus. The saffron brown head, neck, 

 and breast ; the narrow black forehead, with black stripe through 

 the eye ; the white belly, and the two white wing bands and white 

 patch at base of primaries, easily characterize it specifically. 



Dendroica maculosa. 



Motacilla maculosa, Gm. S. N. I, 1788, 984. — Sylvia m. Latj. ; Vieili. 

 II, pi. 93.— Bon. ; Nutt. ; AuD. Orn. Biog. I, II, V, pi. 50, 123.— 

 D'Okb. Sagra's Cuba, Ois. 1840, 72. — Sylvicola m. Swains. ; Boif. ; 

 Add. B. a. II, pi. S6.—Ehimanphus m. Cab. Jour. Ill, 1855, 474 

 (Cuba). — Dendroica m. Baied, Birds N. Am. 1858, 284. — Sclatek, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, 363, 373 (Xalapa).— Ib. Catal. 1861, 32, no. 197.— 

 Bryant, Pr. Bost. See. VII, 1859 (Bahamas). — Sclatek & Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1859, 11 (Guatemala).— Lawkenoe, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1861, 322 

 (Panama; winter). — Gdndlach, Cab. Jour. 1861, 326 (Cuba; very 

 rare). 



Sylvia magnolia, Wils. Ill, pi. 23, fig. 3. 



Bab. Eastern province of North America to Fort Simpson ; eastern Mexico 

 to Guatemala and Panama; Bahamas ; Cuba (very rare). 



Specimens from the Eastern United States genera .y from the 

 Atlantic to Missouri valley ; also — 



Dendroica klrtlandii. 



Sylvicola kirtlnndii, Bairi>, Ann. N. Y. Lye. V, June, 1852, 217, pi. vi 

 (Cleveland, Ohio). — Cassin, lUust. I, 1855,278, pi. 47. — Dendroica 

 klrtlandii, Baikd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 286. 



