422 MNiOTiXTrDa;. 



with slaty grey like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills blackish, edged with slaty grey, almost obsolete on the quills ; 

 upper tail-coverts blackish, edged with slaty grey ; tail-feathers 

 black, the four outer ones white at the ends, the white gradually 

 increasing towards the outermost, where it occupies the terminal 

 half of the feather ; forehead and sides of crown black, skirting a 

 chestnut patch, which occupies the hinder crown and occiput ; lores 

 and a very broad eyebrow dark slaty grey ; feathers round the 

 eye, ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat lalackish, washed with slaty ; 

 remainder of under surface bright yellow from the fore neck down- 

 wards ; sides of the breast and Hanks slaty grey ; thighs slaty grey ; 

 vent and under tail-coverts white ; axillaries white, with dusky 

 bases ; under wing-coverts slaty grey, edged with white : quills 

 dusky below, ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web : " bill 

 and feet black" (Salvin). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 

 2-5, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-75. 



Sexes alike (Baird). 



Young. Differs from the adult in being more dusky, the abdomen 

 being chestnut. 



Hub. Costa Eica, Yeragua, and Panama. 



a. Ad. sk. Costa Rica (J. Carmiol). Sclater Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. Costa Rica {H. Rogeis). Sclater Collection. 



c. (S ad. sk. San Jos(5, Costa Rica, Jan. SalYin-Godmau Coll, 



20 {A. von Frantzim). 



d. Ad sk. Tm-rialba, Costa Rica {E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Aj-ce). 



e. f. Ad. sk. Tucurriqui, Costa Rica {E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Arce). 

 q, <S ad. sk. Calovevora, Veragua {E. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Arce). 

 h. (S ad. ; i. juv. Volcan de Chiriqui {E. Salvia-Godman Coll. 

 sk. Arce). 



6. Setophaga albifrons. 



Setophaga albifrons, Scl. ^ Salt: P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 780, 784 ; 

 Nomencl. At: Neotr. p. 11 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 1878, p. 318, pi. 



iid. 



fig. 2. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above slaty grey, 

 with a slight olive tinge ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median 

 and greater series dusky, externally slaty grey ; bastard-wing, pri- 

 mary-coverts, and quills dusky blackish, externally edged with slaty 

 grey ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail black, the two outer feathers 

 white, with an oblique mark of black towards the base, occupying 

 the terminal half of the penultimate feather ; the third feather with 

 a small terminal spot of white ; a patch of light chestnut on the 

 hinder crown and occiput, the lateral and hinder feathers of which 

 are tipped with black spots; sides of crown black, meeting and 

 formino' a bar across the forehead, the base of which is white, as 

 well as the lores and a ring of feathers round the eye ; cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, sides of neck, and sides of hinder crown dark slaty grey, 



