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are but slightly developed ; the tail is long, compared with the wings, and rounded ; 

 the legs are stout. The general colour is olivaceous above, and yellow beneath, the 

 tail being without spots. 



A. Gulaflava. 



a. Pileus summus in mare albus. 



1. Geothlypis trichas. 



Tardus trichas, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 293 '- 



Geothlypis trichas, Baird, U.S. Bound. Surv. ii. pt. 3, Birds, p. lO'j Rev. Am. B. i. p. 220' ; Sch 

 & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p.lO^ P. Z. S. 1870. p. 836 = ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 363", 373 'j Cab. 

 J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 84"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 200"; Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. 

 p. 269 ; Sumichrast, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. i. p. 547"; v. Frantzius, J. f. Orn. 1869, 

 p. 293"'; Dnges, LaNat. i, p. 140''; Salv. Ibis, 1872, p. 146 etseq."; Baird, Brew. & 

 Ridgw. N. Am. B. i. p. 297'=; (Jundl. Orn. Cnb. p. 69'"; Coues, B. Col. Vail. i. p. 309". 



Sylvia marylandica, Wils. Am. Orn. i. p. 88, t. 6. f. 1 ". 



Trichas marylandica, Gosse, B. Jam. p. 148'"; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 292^°; Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 N. H. vii. p. 110 =\ 



Trichas per sonatus, Sw. Phil. Mag. new ser. i. p. 433 . 



Supra olivacea, alls concoloribus, Cauda paulo Isetiore, fascia pileum summum efc cervicis latera occupante griseo- 



alba, fronte, regione oculari et genis nigerrimis ; subtus gutture toto et crisso flavis, ventre ochracescente ;. 



rostri maxilla coryliaa, mandibula et pedibus earneis. Long, tota 5-0, alae 2-2, caudse 2-1, rostri a rictu 



0-55, tarsi 0-8. (Descr. maris ex Duefias, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 

 2 maxi similis, capite et cervicis lateribus inornatis dorso concoloribus. (Descr. feminse ex Choctum, 



Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. NoETH Ameeica, United States generally '®, Texas 2. — Mexico^'', Mazatlan, Tepic 

 {Orayson^^), Guanajuato (Duges^^), Orizaba (Sumichrast ^^), Jalapa (de Oca^),. 

 valley of Mexico {le Strange), near Vera Cruz {Bullock ^^), Totontepec and Oaxaca 

 {Boucard'^), Merida, Yucatan (Schott^), Progreso, Yucatan (Gaumer); Guatemala,. 

 Chiapam, Eetalhuleu, Escuintla, Duenas*, San Geronimo, Coban, Choctum (0. S. 

 & F. D. G.) ; Honduras, San Pedro {G. M. WUtely ') ; Costa Pica \ San Jose [v. 

 Frantzius 12) ; Pai^ama, Volcan de Chiriqui {ArcS). — Antilles, Bahamas ^^ Cuba ^^, 

 Jamaica ^^, &c. 



^Throughout Mexico and Guatemala the Maryland Warbler is one of the commonest 

 species of its family during the winter months, being found in numbers from the Eio 

 Grande valley and Mazatlan in the north to the confines of the republic of Honduras, 

 In the northern parts of Mexico, according to Grayson ^°, it remains to breed ; he observes 

 that it is " a common species from October until the latter part of June. They migrate 

 into the high central plains to breed. I have seen it in the month of July in the 

 vicinity of Tepic." Southwards of this it seems to be much more rarely met with, as 

 we have on record only a single instance of its occurrence in Costa Pica ^\ and we 



