BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



sylvicolim:. 



Subfamily, SYLVICOLIN/E. 



Genus: MNIOTILTA. Vieill. 

 MNIO TIL TA : VIEILLOT, AXALYSE, 45, 1S16. 



MNIOTILTA VARIA. {Linn.) 

 Motacilla varia. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. (1766). 



Certhia varia. Vieill., Ois. Am., Sept., II. p. 69, 1807; an d O rn - 

 Biog., I. p. 452 (1832). 



Mniotilta varia. Vieill., "Anal. (1816), and Gal. Ois., I., 1S34." — 

 Aud., Bds. Amer. Zobl. Aves, II. p. 105(1841). — Bd., Bwr. and 

 Ridgw., Hist. N. A. Bds., I. p. 1S0 (1874). — Coues, Bds. N. W., 

 p. 45 (1874). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 54(1880). — Cory, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 151 (18S1). 



Sylvia varia. Bp. Synopsis, p. 81 (1828). 



Sylvicola varia. "Rich. List (1837)." 



Certhia maailata. Wils., Am. Orn., III. p. 22 (181 1). 



Mniotilta borcalis. "Nutt. Man, 2 Ed., I. p. 704 (1840)." 



Winter Plumage, Male. — Upper parts, black, the feathers broadly 

 edged with brownish white ; a superciliary line of brownish white ; 

 underparts, white, with faint ash-colored stripes upon the sides of the 

 breast, shading into brownish upon the sides of the belly and crissum ; 

 two clearly defined bands upon the wings ; tail, black, edged with 

 whitish ; inner webs of the two outer tail-feathers tipped with white. 



