ERGATICVS. 531 



Hab. Highlands of Guatemala and Mexico, north to southern border of United 

 States (southern Texas ? to southern Arizona). 



690. C. rubrifrons (GmAUD). Red-faced Warbler. 



Genus ERGATICUS Baird. (Page 483, pi. CXVIII., fig. 4.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adults (sexes alike) : Prevailing color red, the wings 

 and tail dusky brownish. 



ci^. Adult: Above plain dusky red, brighter on rump and upper tail-coverts; lower 

 parts, including sides of neck and head (except ear-coverts), brighter red, 

 inclining to vermilion ; ear-coverts silvery white, in conspicuous con- 

 trast ; wings and tail brownish dusky, the lesser and greater wing-coverts 

 broadly edged with brownish red, and middle coverts broadly tipped 

 with pinkish red ; remiges and rectrices edged with dull light brownish 

 red. Young : Above dull rusty brown ; beneath similar but paler, in- 

 clining to cinnamon ; ear-coverts silvery white, as in adult. Length about 

 4.50-5.00, wing 2.30-2.50, tail 2.40-2.55. Hab. Highlands of eastern Mexico 

 (north to southern Texas?) 691. E. ruber (Swains.). Red Warbler. 



a"^. Adult : Head, neck, and chest light silvery pinl<:, the feathers dusky at base 



(dai'k red on chest, where the underlying color is more exposed) ; rest of 



lower parts plain dull vermilion- red ; back and scapulars dark claret-red ; 



rump light pinkish red; about the size of E. ruber. Hah. Highlands of 



Guatemala. 



E. versicolor (Salt.). Pink-headed Warbler.^ 



Genus BASILEUTERUS Cabanis. (Page 483, pi. CXYIII., figs. 5, 6.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Above plain olive-green, with top and sides of head 

 chestnut ; or olive-gray, the top of head with two black (lateral) and one (median) 

 yellow or orange-rufous stripes ; beneath yellow, or with posterior half (or more) 

 whitish. 



a*. Top of head with two black lateral stripes, enclosing a median stripe of j^ellow 

 (varying to orange-rufous) ; rest of upj^er parts plain olive-gray (sometimes 

 tinged with olive-green) ; lower parts yellow, tinged with olive laterally ; 

 length about 4.50-5.00, wing 2.10-2.30, tail 2.00-2.10. Hab. Middle America, 

 south to Veragua, north to eastern Mexico ; southern Texas ? 



692. B. culicivorus (Light.). Brasher's Warbler. 



a^. Top of head chestnut or rufous, with or without black lateral and frontal 

 border ; rest of upper parts plain olive-green. 



1 Cardellina versicolor Salv,, P. Z. S. 1863, 188, pi. 24, fig. 4. Ergaticus versicolor ScL. & Salv., Norn. 

 Neotr. 1873, 11. 



