Descriptions of three new birds of the families Mniotiltidae and Corvidae

Vol.

XIX

1902 I

RiDGWAY,

Descriptionof Three Neiv^Birds.

6q

liam

Dutcher and Wm.

L. Baily^{; '}

Some

Results of Bird Protec- tion,'

by Frank M. Chapman.

The Congress

then adjourned, to

meet

in

Washington, D. C, November

17, 1902.

Jno.

H. Sage,

Secretary.

DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW BIRDS OF THE

FAMILIES MNIOTILTID^. AND CORVID^E.

BY ROBERT RIDGWAY.

(Bjpermission oftheSecretaryoftheSmithsonian Institution.)

Compsothlypis pitiayumi speciosa.

—

CniRiqia

Parula Warbler.

Similarto C.p. fifiayumiand other South

American

subspecies, but darker and bluer above, and middle wing-coverts without white tips;

similarin lastcharacter to C.p. inornafa,ofGuatemala,but

much more

richly colored.

Nicaragua toChiriqui.

Tj'pe, no. 177411, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Boquete, Chiriqui, Marcli 7, 1901^;

W. W.

Brown, Jr.,collector; receivedfrom

Outram

Bangs.

Dendroicavigorsiiabacoensis.

— Abaco Pine Warbler.

SimilartoD.v.vigorsii hutdecidedly.largerandwith relativelyshorter wing; differingfrom

D.

vigorsiiachrustera (Bangs), of

New

Providence Island, inbeingdecidedly largerandin brighteryellowofunderparts.

Adult male:

Wing,

70 mm.; tail, 57; exposed culmen, 13-5; depth of billat nostrils,₅; tarsus, 20; middletoe, 13.5.

IslandofAbaco,Bahamas.

Type, no. 10S479, coll. U. S.Nat. Mus.,

Abaco

Island,Bahamas, April 1SS6; WillardNve.

7© ^Mearns

T-vo SubspeciesNetv to A. O. U. Check-List.

V^^

Aphelocoma

texana.

— Texan

Jay.

Similar to A, cyattotis but white superciliary streak

more

distinct, under parts

much

^paler and browner gray, the lower throat and chest withoutblue streaks (obsoletely streaked with pale grayish). Differing

from

A. woodhoiiseiiⁱⁿobsolete streakingofchestandlowerthroat,

much

paler and browner grayof breast, etc.,andpure whiteundertail-coverts.

Southwestern Texas, from

Concho

and Kerr Counties west to the DavisMts. (Alpine, Ft.Davis, Paisano,etc.).

Tvpe,no. 150507,coll.U.S.Nat. Mus., adult female, nearheadofNueces R., Edwards,Co.,Texas, Dec. i, 1894; H. P.Attwater.

TWO SUBSPECIES WHICH SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.

BY EDGAR

A.

MEARNS,

Mimus polyglottos leucopterus

(Vigors).

Western Mockingbird.

Orpheus leucopterus Vigors, Zool. Beechey's

Voyage

of ^'Blossom,' 1839,p. 18 (Pacificcoast ofNorthAmerica).

Mimus

leucopterus Baird, Stansbury's Report, Great Salt Lake, 1853, p. 328.

Geographical Distributioti.

—

Southwestern United States, from the GulfofMexico (Texas)tothePacificOcean, and southwardinto Mexico, including all of

Lower

California; resident in the southern and lower portionsofitsrange,migratory inthenorthernandhigherportions.

Characters.

—

SimilartobvitlargerthanAliiuuspolyglottospolyglottos, with tail relatively rather short (measuring about the same),wings_{5 to} 10

mm.

longer, feet stouter,bill slightly longer and

more

slender.

Gen-

eralcolor palerthan inpolyglottos, lessgrayish (moredrab),andwith the underparts

more washed

with clay-color; white markings, especially thoseofthewings,

more

extended; wing-quillsalltipped withwhite; ter- tials edgedwith grayish orbrownishwhite.

The

greater extent of white onthe bases of the primaries is conspicuous during flight; andthe

two

whitebandscausedbythewhite tips ofthewing-covertsare

much

broader-