372 MNIOTILTID^. 



Neotr. p. 11 (1873) ; Sah. S, Godm. Biol. Cenfr.-Amer., Aces, i. 



p. 161 (1881) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 441. 

 Setophaga dallsei, Bp. C. 11. xlii. p. S)57 (1856). 

 Icteria salltei, Grmj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 384, no. 5822 (1869). 



Adidt male (type of species). General colour above dark slaty 

 blue ; wing-coverts like the back, the median and greater series 

 black internally ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black, the 

 latter edged with slaty blue ; quills blackish, edged with slaty blue, 

 the inner secondaries more broatUy ; upper tail-covcrts slaty blue like 

 the back; tail-feathers black, edged with slaty blue, the outer 

 ones rather browner ; crown of head slaty blue like the back ; 

 above the ear-coverts a broad line of white, above which is a well- 

 detiued streak of black along the sides of the crown ; feathers above 

 the eye and lores duU ashy ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat dull 

 slaty blue, the chin-feathers tipped with hoary grey ; centre of 

 breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts beautiful rosy pink ; sides 

 of upper breast and flanks slaty blue ; a broad patch of creamy- 

 white feathers along the sides of the lower breast and abdomen ; 

 thighs slaty blue ; under tail-coverts rosy pink, the longer ones 

 broadly edged with blackish and slightly tipped with white ; axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts creamy white, slaty blue near the 

 edge of the wing ; quills dusky, ashy along the edge of the inner 

 web: "bill lead-colour; feet dusky" (Salvm). Total length 5-4 

 inches, .wing 2-35, tail 2-25, tarsus 0*75. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Above slaty blue, the 

 long feathers of the rump slightly mottled with a sub terminal shade 

 of paler grey ; wing-coverts like the back, but with a slight shade 

 of brown ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish brown ; 

 quills blackish brown, edged with pale slaty blue, the secondaries 

 margined with rusty brown ; upper tail-coverts slaty blue tinged 

 with brown ; tail-feathers blackish, edged with slaty blue, the two 

 outer feathers white along the end of the shaft and at the tip, the 

 external feather with a broad edging of white for the middle half 

 of the outer web ; crown of head slaty blue like the back ; the fore- 

 head and feathers over the eye rusty brown, with a pale fawn- 

 coloured streak above the ear-coverts, replacing the white streak of 

 the male ; lores whitish, washed with rusty brown, the feathers 

 below the eye of the same colour; ear-coverts slaty grey washed 

 with brown ; cheeks and under surface of body pale fawn-colour, 

 whiter on the abdomen, and deeper in colour on the breast and 

 under tail-coverts ; axiUaries and under wing-coverts white, with a 

 slight tinge of fawn-colour ; quills dusky below, ashy white along 

 the edge of the inner web. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 2-15, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-7. 



Hub. Central America, from Mexico to Yucatan and Guatemala. 



a. (S ad. st. Cordova, Mexico. M. A. Salle [C.J. 



b. c? ad. sk. Cordova. M. A. Sallt5 [C.]. 



c. (j" ad. sk. Cordova {A. Salle). Sclater Collection. (Type 



of species.) 



