20. SETOPHAGA. 425 



has a blackish margin along the outer web, only a faint trace of 

 which is seen in the specimen described ; the upper tail-coverts also 

 are blacker. 



Hab. Costa Rica and Veragua. 



n, h. Ad. sis. Ii-azu, Costa Rica {Rogers). Sclater Collection. 



c, d, e. Ad. sk. Irazu district, Costa Rica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(II. Rogers). 



f. Ad. sk. La Raima, Costa Rica {A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



von Frantzius). 



g. Ad. sk. Costa Rica {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Verap-ua {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i. Ad. .sk. Cordillera de Tol^, Veragua Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{E. Arce). 



9. Setophaga ruficoronata. 



Setophaga ruficoronata, Kuup, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 49 ; Baird, Review 

 Anier. B. p. 2-55 (1865, pt.) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 243, no. 3522 

 (1869) ; Scl. Si- Salt: Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 11 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 

 1878, p. 316, pi. 7. fig. 1. 



Adult. General colour above dark slate-colour, slightly varied on 

 the hind neck with nearly obsolete blackish centres to the feathers ; 

 lesser wing- coverts like the back, the median and greater series 

 blackish, externally edged with slate-colour; bastard-wing, primarv- 

 coverts, and quills blackish, the latter slightly edged wi^h slaty 

 grey ; upper tail-coverts black, with slaty-grey margins ; tail-feathers 

 black, the two outer ones white, the penultimate feather with an 

 oblique mark of black on the inner web and a narrow blackish 

 margin to the end of the outer one, the outer feather with a nearly 

 concealed oblique mark of black near the base of the inner web : 

 forehead and sinciput golden yellow, extending in a narrow line 

 backwards along the side of the chestnut patch occupying the vertex 

 and occiput ; lores golden yellow with black bases : feathers round 

 the eye and a streak above the latter golden yellow, the last sur- 

 mounted by a broad band of black running to the side of the nape ; ear- 

 coverts also black ; the feathers below the eye golden yellow, mottled 

 with black bases ; cheeks and under surface of body brilliant golden 

 yellow ; sides of neck rather clearer slaty grey than the back, and 

 separated from the yellow breast by a line of black feathers ; sides 

 of upper breast slaty grey ; thighs darker slaty grey externally, 

 washed with yellow on the inner aspect ; under tail-coverts white, 

 with a slight tinge of yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 slaty grey, edged with white, the greater series entirely white ; 

 quills dusky below, ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2*7, tail 2-45, tarsus 0'8. 



Hab. Peru, and interior of Colombia and Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Foot ot Mt. Picbincha, Ecu- Sclater Collection. 



ador { Whgmper). 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. Pasto, Ecuador (Lehmumi). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e, f. Ad.sk. Yaiiayaca, Ecuador (C.^?<c/c- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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