of the Genus Setophaga. 309 



I can trace between the two is that the tail of the latter 

 is somewhat longer than that of the former, and that the 

 amount of white on the lateral rectrices of the Guatemalan 

 bird is not quite so great as on that of the Mexican. A 

 series, however, of Guatemalan examples (including Kaup's 

 type) shows that in that couutry, at least, the white of the 

 tail is of variable amount, the more orange-breasted spe- 

 cimens (the form described by Kaup, and apparently by 

 Hartlaub) having less white than others of more highly- 

 coloured plumage. These differences are so slight that I 

 think it best to reunite the Guatemalan and Mexican birds. 



As regards the other synonyms given above, Wagler's 

 name, M. vulnerata, no doubt applies to S. miniata ; for though 

 Wagler says his is very near to Swainson^s species, he omits 

 to say how they differ. Mmcicapa larvata of Lichtenstein, 

 S. castanea of Lesson, and Muscicapa derhami of Giraud 

 seem to have been proposed by their authors without any 

 reference to the work of their predecessors, and doubtless 

 in ignorance of their labours. 



It will be observed that Swainson, in his original de- 

 scription, omits to mention the chestnut crown so conspicuous 

 in this species. An examination of the type, now in the 

 University Museum at Cambridge, shows it to be a young 

 bird, in which this feature is barely perceptible. There can 

 be no doubt that it belongs to the species usually called 

 S. miniata. 



The range of S. miniata extends over a wide area. Swain- 

 son's original specimen came from near Valladolid, in the 

 tableland of Mexico ; but the species is also found much 

 further to the north-west in the Sierra Madre, near Ma- 

 zatlan, where Col. Grayson met with it. 



Its presence in many parts of Southern Mexico has been 

 also recorded, such as the vicinity of the city of Mexico, 

 Zapotitlan, Orizaba, Jalapa, La Parada, Cinco Senores, and 

 Totontepec. In Guatemala we found it nearly everywhere in 

 the oak region — near Quezaltenango (8000 ft. above the 

 sea), in the forests of the Volcan de Fuego, at Carrizal 

 (5000 ft.), Chilasco (about 6000 ft.), and Coban (4300 ft.). 



