308 Mr. O. Salvin's Synopsis 



southern limits of Guatemala, the movement southwards of 

 the Arizona birds crowds the individuals together during the 

 winter season ; and thus the migration is only partial as re- 

 gards the members of the species in general. 



3. Setophaga miniata. 



Setophaga miniata, Sw. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 368; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1856, p. 292, 1858, p. 299, 1859, p. 362, & 1864, 

 p. 374 ; Baird, B. N. Am. p. 249, pi. 58. f. 1 (1858), et Rev. 

 Am. B. p. 259; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 270, et 

 Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 16. 



Miiscicapa larvata, Licht. Preis-Verz. mex. Vog., c/. Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1863, p. 58. 



Muscicapa vuhierata, Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 529. 



Setophaga vulnerata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 313. 



Setophaga castanea, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 42. 



Muscicapa derhami, Giraud, B. Texas, pi. 3. f . 2 ; Scl. 

 P.Z. S. 1855, p. 65. 



Setophaga flammea, Kaup, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 50; Scl. & 

 Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 12; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 37 ; Baird, Rev. 

 Am. B. p. 259. 



Setophaga intermedia, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 3. 

 Supra ardesiaca ; alis, uropygio et cauda nigricantibus ; 

 fronte, loris, verticis lateribus et gula tota uigris, ver- 

 tice ipso Isete castaneo ; subtus abdomine toto coccineo, 

 subalaribus et crisso albis ; caudse rectricibus tribus 

 externis gradatim albo terminatis, rostro et pedibus 

 nigris : long, tota 5'4, alse 2"6, caudse 2'9, tarsi •73. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. 



Mus. nostr., P. L. S., Derb., Acad. Cantabr. 



Guatemalan examples of this species are often of a more 

 orange-red beneath than Mexican individuals ; and for such 

 examples the synonyms ^S^. flammea and S. intermedia have 

 been proposed. Comparing specimens of the same sex from 

 the two countries, killed at the same time of year (January), 

 no such difference is perceptible ; nor can I see any diffe- 

 rence in the intensity of the black of the head and throat, 

 a character which has been used to differentiate the Gua- 

 temalan from the Mexican bird. The only difference that 



