BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEBIC A. 541 



[Pagserina'] mnissa Gkay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, i)8, no. 7458. 



E.luetheia] omissa Hartert, Ibis, July, 189.3, 315, ,316, 317 (Venezuela; Tobago; 

 Colombia?; crit. ). 



Euetheia omissa Richmond, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xviii, i89(i, 677 (Margarita 

 I. and Laguayra, A^enezuela; crit.). — Robinson, Proc. XT. S. Nat. ]\Ius., xviii, 

 1896, 685 (La Guayra, Venezuela).— Pheli-s, Auk, xiv, 1897, 359, 36-1 

 (Cumana, Venezuela). 



Phonipara bicolor (not Fringilla bicolor Linniieus) A. and Y,. Xewtox, Iljis, 1859, 

 147, 376, 378, pi. 1L>, flg. 2 (St. Croix; colored flg. of egg).— Cassix, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 376 (St. Thomas) .—Sclatek, Cat. Am, Birds, 1862, 

 106, part, (St. Croix); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876, 14 (Santa Lucia); 

 (?) 1879, 765_(Montserrat); 1889, 395 (Santa Lucia); 1892, 499 (Anguilla).— 

 SuNDEVALL, Ofv. k. Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh., 1869, 583 (St. Bartholomew), 

 596 (Porto Rico).— LawrexXCe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 58 (Dominica; 

 descr. nest and eggs), 191 (St. Vincent; descr. nest), 233 (Antigua), 239 

 (Barbuda); i, 1879, 355 (JIartinique), 457 ( Guadaloupe) , 487. — Lister, Ibis, 

 1880, 41 (St. Vincent).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 166 (Santa 

 Lucia) ; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xiii, 1900, 165 (Minca, prov. Santa JIarta, 

 Colombia). — Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 149, part (Montserrat; 

 Dominica; Tobago; Carupano and Caracas, Venezuela; Bogota, Colombia?) . 



\_Phonipara\ fticotor Sclater and S.vlvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 29, part. 



Eueihia bicolor Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., xxii, July, 1874, 312 (Porto Rico); 

 Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat, vii, 1878, 205 (Porto Rico). 



[Euetheia] bicolor Cory, List Birds "W. I., 1885, 12, part. 



Euetheia bicolor Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 209, part; 1887, 96 (Martinique); 1890, 374 

 (St. Thomas; Anegada), 375 (Virgin Gorda); viii, 1891, 46 (Anguilla), 47 

 (Antigua; St. Eustatius), 48 (St. Croix, St. Christopher) , 49 (Guadeloupe); 

 X, 1893, 220 (Tobago); Birds W. I., 1889, 96, part; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 155 

 (St. Bartholomew) .—RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, 1890, 130 (Santa 

 Lucia) . — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. II., iv, 1892, 52 (Carupano, Venezuela). — 

 Vebkill, Trans. Conn. Ac. Sci., viii, 1892, 338 (Dominica; descr. eggs). — 

 Haktert, Ibis, 1893, 315, part (Lesser Antilles; crit.). — (?) Stone, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 307 (Honda, centr: Colombia). 



Fringilla zena . . y&t. portoricensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., x, Jan. 4, 

 1866, 253 (Porto Rico; location of type not known). 



\_Gyrinorhynchus'\ portoricensis Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 107, no. 7617. 



Phonipara zena (not Fringilla zena Linnreus) Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 93, part— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1884, 

 472 (St. Thomas). 



IPhonipara bicolor.] Subsp. a. Phonipara marcliii (not Phonipara marchii Baird) 

 Shabpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 150, part (St. Thomas; Santa Lucia; 

 St Croix?). 



EUETHEIA BICOLOR MARCHII (Baird). 

 MARCH'S GRASSQTTIT. 



Similar to S. h. omii^tia but adult male with the black of the under 

 parts confined to the anterior half, or less, and ending more or less 

 abruptly on lower part of chest or middle of breast, the remaining 

 under parts olive-grayish laterally, whitish (sometimes faintly tinged 

 with yellowish) medially. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 91.4^107.70 (99.82); wing, 50.29- 

 56.39 (53.09); tail, 38.35-43.69 (40.64); exposed culmen, S.64-10.41 



