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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Subfamily ICTEEIAM. (Page 20.) 
Size large (about 8 inches). Lower jaw not deeper than upper anterior to nostrils. 
Tail moderate. Partly yellow beneath, olive-green above .... Icteria. 
Size smaller (about 6 inches). Lower jaw deeper than upper. Tail almost fan- 
shaped. Partly red beneath, plumbeous-blue above. (Mexican.) . Granatellus. 
Genus ICTERIA, Vieill. (Page 20.) 
I. virens. Above olive-green ; beneath gamboge-yellow for the anterior half, 
and white for the posterior. A white stripe over the eye. Length about 7.00. 
Nest in bushes near the ground. Eggs white, spotted with reddish-brown and 
lilac. 
Length of tail, 3.30 inches. Hab. Eastern United States to the Plains; 
in winter through Eastern Mexico to Guatemala. (Yellow -breasted Chat.') 
, var. virens. 
Length of tail, 3.70 inches. Hab. Western United States from the Plains to 
the Pacific ; W estern Mexico in winter. (Long-tailed Chat.) var. longicauda . 
Subfamily SETOPHAGIN^l. (Page .) 
Genus MYIODIOCTES, Aud. (Page 20.) 
A. Tail with white patches on the inner feathers. ^ 
1. M. mitratus. Head and neck black. Front, cheeks, and under parts 
yellow. Back olive-green. Length, 5.00. Nest in low bushes near the 
ground. Eggs white, spotted with fine red and a few spots of* purple. 
Hab. Eastern Province of United States, south to Panama and West Indies. 
(Hooded Warbler.) 
2. M. minutus. Olive above ; yellowish beneath. Two white bands on 
the wings. Nesting unknown. Hab. Eastern United States. (Small- 
headed Warbler.) 
1$. Tail without white patch on the outer feathers. 
3. M. pusillus. Crown^black. Forehead, cheeks, and under parts yellpw. 
Back olive. Length, 4.75. Nest? Eggs white, finely dotted with reddish, 
especially near larger end. ('G t reen Black- Cap.) - V 
Yellow of forehead without an orange tinge; upper parts dull olive- 
green ; pileum with very dull steel-blue lustre. Hab. Eastern Province 
and Rocky Mountains of North America, south to Costa Rica. var. pusillus . 
Yellow of forehead with an orange cast ; upper parts bright yellowish- 
green ; pileum with a bright steel-blue lustre. Hab. Pacific Province 
of North America, from Sitka to Costa Rica , . . var. pileolatu\s . 
4. M. canadensis. Streaks on the crown, stripes on sides of head and 
neck, with pectoral collar of streaks, black. Rest of under parts, and line 
to and around the eye, yellow. Back bluish. Length, 5.25. Nest on 
ground. Eggs white, with fine dots and blotches of brown, chiefly round 
larger end. Iiab. Eastern Province of United States, south to Ecuador. 
( Canada Flycatcher.) 
