24 BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Female. — Similar to the male, having the underparts white, 

 faintly marked with blackish on the sides. 



Length 5.05; wing 2.75; tail 2.10; tarsus .80; bill .50. 



A not uncommon winter visitant, generally found near the coast. 



Genus: PARULA. Bonap. 

 PARULA: BOXAPAR TE, GEOG. AND COMT. LIST, 1838. 



PARULA AMERICANA. {Linn.) 



Varus americanus. Linn., Syst. Nat, I. p. 190 (175S). 



Motocilla americana. Gm., Syst. Nat., I. p. 960 (1788). 



Sylvia americana. Lath., Ind. Orn., II. p. 520 (1790). 



Sylvicola americana. And., Bds. Am., II. p. 57 (1S41), pi. 91. 



Parula americana. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 154(1847). — Bd., Bwr. and 

 Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. p. 208 (1874).— Coues, Bds. N. W., 

 p. 46 (1874). — Godman and Salvin, Biol. Cent. Amer. Zool. 

 \ res, Pt. VI. p. 119 (1880). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 55 (1880). 

 — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 15 1 (188 1). 



Campsothlypis americana. "Cab., Mus. Hein., 1850, 20." 



Sylvia torqtiata. Vieill., Ois. Am., Sept., II. p. 38 (1807). 



Sylvia pusilla. Wils., Am. Orn., IV. p. 17 (181 1). 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Above, blue; a slight tinge of yellow 

 upon the crown and nape; middle of the back with a broad patch of 

 greenish yellow; throat and breast, yellow, with an imperfect band of 



