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peregriva of Wilson, as intimated by Bonaparte, since the former is stated to have the upper 
parts, including the rump, pale blue. This is never the case in the latter species, where the 
rump is always green. The absence of white hands on the wing shows that it is not S. coerulea 
of Wilson. The Eelinaia brevipennis of Giraud is quite similar, hut has a much shoiter wing. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
752 
Q 
Carlisle, Pa....... 
Sept. 23, 1842 
S. F. Baird .. 
. 4.50 
7. 25 
2. 50 
412 
Q 
May 21, 1841 
_ 
.... 4.75 
7. 50 
790 
<? 
Oct. 10, 1842 
___ _ _do 
.... 4.83 
7. 75 
2.50 
7399 
Cleveland, Ohio... 
Dr. Kirtland_ 
Cairo, Illinois..... 
April 22, 1842 
N. W. University.. 
Robt. Kennicott.. 
1879 
$ 
Fort Union, Neb .. 
1843......... 
S. F. Baird. __ 
J. J. Audubon__ 
Section Sylvicoleae. 
Bill distinctly notched ; rictal bristles short or small, or wanting’. Hind toe short, equal to the lateral ; the claw as long as 
its digit. First quill scarcely shorter than longest. 
The following genera compose this section : 
Seiurus. —Legs stout, elongated ; tarsi longer than the skull. Colors olive above ; streaked 
beneath. Tail feathers unspotted. Legs yellow. * 
Dendroica.— Legs slender ; tarsi scarcely equal to the skull. Bill variable. Colors of body 
brilliant and varied. Tail feathers always with a white patch on the inner web. Legs usually 
dusky. 
SEIURUS, Swainson. 
Seiurus, Swainson, Zool. Jour. Ill, 1827, 171. (Sufficiently distinct from Seiurus.) Type Motacilla aurocapilla, L. 
Henicocichla , Gray, List of Genera, 1840. 
Ch.— Bill rather sylvicoline, compressed, with a distinct notch. Gonys ascending. R^tal bristles very short. Wings mod¬ 
erate, about three-quarters of an inch longer than the tail; first quill scarcely shorter than the second. Tail slightly rounded ; 
feathers acuminate. Tarsi about as long as the skull, considerably exceeding the middle toe. Under tail coverts reaching 
within about half an inch of the end of the tail. Color above, olivaceous ; beneath whitish, thickly streaked on the breast and 
sides. Wings and tail immaculate. 
This genus is decidedly sylvicoline in general appearance, although the spots on the breast 
resemble somewhat those of the thrushes. The three species may be grouped as follows : 
A. Middle of crown brownish orange, bordered by blackish. ISTo white superciliary 
streak...... ...... S. mirocapilius. 
B. Crown like the hack. A well defined superciliary light stripe. 
Thickly streaked beneath, including crissum. Ground color and superciliary 
stripe yellowish. Bill small............. S. noveboracensis. 
Sparsely streaked beneath ; throat and crissum immaculate. Ground color and 
superciliary stripe white. Bill very large........... .S. ludovicianus. 
