of the Genus Setopliaga. 305 



sented in South-eastern Brazil, the valley of the Amazons, and 

 in all the low-lying forests of South America where the tem- 

 perature is high, also in the West Indies, except so far as 

 regards S. ruticilla. 



1. Setophaga ruticilla^. 



Muscicapa ruticilla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 326 ; D'Orb. 

 La Sagra^s Hist. Fis. Polit. y Nat. de Cuba, Aves, p. 73. 



Setophaga ruticilla, Sw. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 358 ; Cab. 

 Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 66 ; Gosse, B. Jam. p. 164 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1854, p. Ill, 1855, p. 144, 1856, p. 292, 1859, p. 374, 1860, 

 p. 84, & 1864, p. 172; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1856, p. 472; Salle, 

 P. Z. S. 1857, p. 23 ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 12, et P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 347; Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 143 ; Bryant, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H. vii. p. Ill ; Gundl. J. f. Orn. 1861, p. 326 ; Lawr. 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 322, viii. p. 175, ix. p. 96, et Bull. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 16 ; Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 256 ; Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 136, & 1870, p. 183 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, 

 p. 565; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 323; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. 

 p. 10. 



MotaciUa flavicauda, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 256. 



1 Figuier noir et jaune de Cayenne, D^Aub. PI. Enl. 391. 

 f. 2, unde 



MotaciUa tricolora, Miill. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 175, et 



MotaciUa multicolor, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 972. 

 Mas nitenti-purpurascenti-niger ; corporis lateribus, sub- 

 alaribus, speculo alari et caudse rectricibus quatuor exter- 

 nis utrinque ad basin rufo-aurantiis, ventre et crisso 

 albis, hoc medialiter nigro : long, tota 4" 5, alae 2*5, caudae 

 2-4, tarsi 0-7. 

 Fem. supra olivascenti-grisea, subtus albida; subalaribus, 

 speculo alari et caudse basi (nisi in quatuor rectricibus 

 mediis) llavido-aurantiis. 



Hab. Eastern and middle provinces of North America in 

 summer; Antilles, Mexico, Central America, Columbia, 

 Ecuador, Venezuela, and Guiana in winter. 



Mus. nostr. et P. L. S. 



* For general references respecting this species in North America, con- 

 sult Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, N.-Am. B. i. p. 291 ; Coues, B. N.-West, 

 p. 81 ; and Henshaw, Wheeler's Exp. Zool. v. p. 209, 



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