BIRnS — SYLVICOLIDAK — SETOPnAQA RDTICILLA. 



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SETOPIIAGA, Swain son. 



Stiophaga, SwAlNtOK, Zool. Jour. Ill, Dec. 1827, 360. Typo Jt/ii,5cic(ipa ruticilla, Linn. 

 Syltania, Nuttall, Man. Orn. I, 1832. Typo .1/i«cica/)u rtilicilla. 



Ch. — Bill depressed; broader tlmn high; rictus with long bristles. Wings rounded, equal to or shorter thin llio tail; first 

 quill shorter limn the fourth. Tail long; somewhat graduated, tho outer feathers about .20 of an inch or more shorlor; all the 

 fcalliers unusually broad, and widened at the end. Feet short; tarsus shorter than tho head. Hind toe equal to tho lateral. 

 Coloration embracing more or less of red in northern species. 



This genus diflers from Myiodiocics cUielly in the longer broader tail, and rather shorter tarsi 

 and toes, the hinder especially. The bill is more muscicapine ; the culmen nearly straight to 

 the abruptly decurved and much notched tip ; the gonys straight. In Myiodioctes the vertical 

 outlines are more convex ; the gonys more ascending ; the tip gently and but slightly 

 decurved, 



Tlie species of this genus are all characterized by the brilliant red, yellow, black, &c., of 

 their plumage, and, according to Kaup, (Pr. Zool. Soc. 1851, 49,) may be divided into 

 geographical groups, characterized by the prevalence of particular colors. The South American 

 species have more or less of yellow. The Mexican are usually black and red, without any pure 

 yellow. 



Synopsis of species. 



Black : base of the quills and tail, and sides of the breast reddish orange. Abdomen 

 white S. ruticilla. 



Black : belly red, broad patch on tlie wings, and outer tail feathers white 8. picta. 



Ash color : forehead, throat, and tail, black ; breast and belly, red ; a chestnut spot on 

 the crown. Three outer tail feathers tipped with white S. miniata. 



■ Comparative measuremeiits of species. 



• Very much Btretrhed. 



SETOPHAGA EUTICILLA, Swainson. 



Red Start. 



Muscicafa ruficiUa, LiiWAEDS, Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 326. — Gmelin, I, 1788, 935 — Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 

 66 ; pi. Mxv, xxxvi.— Wilson, Am. Orn. I, 1808, 103 ; pi. vi, f. 6.— Bon. Obs. 1826, 118.— 

 Add. Orn. Biog. 1, 1831, 202 : V, 1839, 428 ; pi. xl. 



Setophaga ntticiUa, Swai.wson, Zool. Jour. Ill, 1827, 358.— Ib. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 223.— Bon. List, 1838.— Ib. 

 Consp. 1850, 312. 



Syhania ruticilla, Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 291. (Type of genus.) 



Motacillafiavicauda, Gmelin, Syst. N t. I, 1783, 997. (Female.) 



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