MNIOTILTA. 1C7 



Bill depressed; rictus ivith lomj hrislles. 



Setophaginae. Bill miich depressed ; considerably broader than 

 high ; the tip more or less hooked, with distinct notch. 

 Bristles lengthened, reaching half way or more from the 

 nostrils to tip of bill. 



The synopsis of the sections and generic characters of the Seto- 

 johaginse will be found further on under the head of that subfamily. 



As already remarked, the species of Sylvicolidse, as here re- 

 stricted, are all of very small size, scarcely exceeding six inches in 

 length, usually less ; Icteria alone is larger. 



S0BFAMILY SYLVIC0Lm.a3, 



MNIOTILTA, ViEiLL. 



Mniotilta, ViEiLLOT, Analyse, ISIG, 45. (Type Figuier varie% Buff. 

 (^Motacilla varia, Lixx.)). 



M^niotilta varia. 



MotaciUa varia, LiXN. S. N. 1, 1766, 333. — Cerihia varia, Vieillot ; Au- 

 dubon. — Mniotilta varia, Vieillot, Gal. Ois. I, 1834, 276, pi. 169. 

 — AuD., GossE. — Baied, Birds N. Am. 1858, 235. — Sclatek, P. Z. S. 



1858, 298 (Oaxaca, Xalapa) ; 1859, 363 (Xalapa) ; 1855, 143 (Bo- 

 gota) ; 1856, 291 (Cordova) ; 1864, 172 (City of Mex.).— Ib. Catal. 

 1861, 25, no. 162.— Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 10 (Guatemala).— New- 

 Tox, Ibis, 1859, 143 (Santa Crnz ; winter).— Cab. Jour. Ill, 475 (Cuba ; 



winter). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1859 (Bahamas; April 20). 



GossE, Birds Jam. 134 (Jamaica; winter). — .Jones, Nat. Bermuda, 



1859, 29 (October).— Cab. Jour. 1860, 328 (Costa Rica).— Law- 

 rence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1861, 322 (Panama R. R. ; winter).— 

 GuNDL. Cab. Jouru. 1861, 326 (Cuba; very common). 



Certhia maculata, WiLS. — Mniotilta borealis, Nutt. 



Mniotilta varia, var. longirostris, Baied, Birds N. Am. 1858, xxxi, no. 



167.— Ib. Catal. in 8vo. 1859, no. 167*. 

 Figures: Aud. Orn. Biog. V, pL 90; Birds Am. II, pi. 114. — Wilson, 



Am. Orn. Ill, pi. xix. 



Hab. Eastern province of North America, and north to Fort Simpson. 

 Both coasts of Mexico (as far north as Mazatlan, on west side), and south- 

 ward to Bogota. Whole West Indies and Bermuda. 



Localities quoted. Bahamas ; Bermuda ; Cuba ; .Jamaica ; Santa Cruz ; W. 

 Indies ; Cordova, Xalapa, Oaxaca, Mex. ; Guatemala ; Panama R. R. ; Bo^^ota. 



