j^42 MNIOTILTIDiE. 



C. AlcB haud alho notatce. 

 18. Dendroeca discolor. 



Sylvia discolor, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. ii. p. 37, t. 98 \ 



Dendrceca discolor. Baird, Brew. & Eidg. N. Am. B. i. p. 276"-; Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. 67^; Coues, 

 B. Col. Vail. i. p. 246 *. 



Supra flavo-olivaoea, dorso macula badia partim celata notato ; capitis lateribus et corpora subtus flavissimis,, 

 loris et stria genali nigris, hypocbondriis nigro striatis ; alis et cauda fusoo-nigris, oHvaceo Umbatis, illis- 

 immaciaatis, bujus rectricibus tribus utrinque extemis albo notatis ; rostro et pedibus nigricanti-corneis. 

 Long, tota 4-3, alse 2-1, caudse 2-0, rostri a rictu 0-55, tarsi 0-7. (Descr. exempl. ex Jamaica. Mus. 

 nostr.) _ .. 



$ aut d jiw. mari similis, sed coloribus supra multo fusoescentioribus, subtus quoque obscuriore stnis bypo- 

 chondriorum fere obsoletis. (Descr. exempli ad fines Honduras capti. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. North Ameeica, Eastern States 2 4._At sea near Swan Islands, Bay of Honduka& 

 {0. S. & F. D. G^.).— Antilles, Cuba ^ to Virgin Islands *. 



Though this well-known species is perhaps not strictly entitled to a place in this 

 work, its abundance in the West-India Islands in winter and the capture at sea of a 

 young bird not far from the Swan Islands early in September 1861 make it more than 

 probable that a few individuals, during their autumn migration, may reach the coast 

 of Honduras and there pass the winter. 



D. discolor breeds throughout its range in the United States. A full account of it& 

 nest and eggs is given by Dr. Brewer in the ' History of North- American Birds.' 



PEUCEDEOMUS. 



Peucedramus, Coues, apud Henshaw, U.S. Expl. west of lOOth Merid. V. Zool. p. 201 (1876) > 

 Coues, B. Col. VaU. i. p. 232. (Type Sylvia olivacea, Giraud.) 



The position of the single species constituting this genus was for some time questioned 

 before Dr. Coues separated it from Dendroeca, where it had long stood. Prof. Baird,. 

 in his ' Eeview of American Birds,' pointed out many of its characteristics ; and to these 

 Dr. Coues added others when formally describing the genus. The chief points in which 

 it differs from Dendroeca are its peculiarly slender bill and straighter culmen, its more 

 linear nostrils and unusually long wings, and somewhat peculiar coloration, no portion 

 of its body being streaked as is usual in the members of Dendroeca. On the whole, 

 we think Dr. Coues justified in making the separation. 



1. Peucedromus olivaceus. 



Sylvia olivacea, Giraud, B. Texas, p. 14, t. 7. f. 2"; Sol. P. Z. S. 1855, p, 66^ 

 Bhimamphus olivaceus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 291\ 



