of the Genus Setophaga. 315 



10. Setophaga ornata. 



Setophaga ornata, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 70; Kaup, 

 P. Z. S. 1851, p. 50 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 144 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 

 1871, p. 323; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 11 ; Baird, Rev. Am. 

 B. p. 258. 



Setophaga leucomphomma, Kaup, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 49 ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 144, et Cat. Am. B. p. 37. 



Setophaga flaveola, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 81 ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 144; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 11. 

 Supra olivascenti-nigra ; alis et cauda nigricantibus, cervice 

 postica et tectricibus supracaudalibus pure nigris ; ver- 

 tice toto (fronte inclusa) et corpore subtus Isete flavis ; 

 auricularibus posticis, loris, regione periophtlialmico et 

 mento albis ; rectrice utrinque extima fere tota, proxima 

 in dimidio apicali alba ; crisso albo ; rostro et pedibus 

 nigris : long, tota 5*5, alae 2"9, caudse 2*7, tarsi 0-8. 

 Hab. Columbia int. 

 Mus. nostr., P. L. S., et Derb. 



Througli Mr. T. Moore's kindness, I have before me the 

 type of Dr. Kaup's S. leucomphomma, and also the specimen 

 rightly determined by him to be S. ornata. The differences 

 noted by Kaup are apparent when comparing these specimens; 

 but I cannot but think that the specimens belong to one and 

 the same species. So far as I can see, it is usual in many 

 members of the genus Setophaga for the bright colours of the 

 head to increase in extent with the age of the bird. Thus the 

 less extent of the yellow of the vertex and the more restricted 

 amount of white on the sides of the head in S. leucomphomma 

 simply indicate that the specimen bearing that name is 

 somewhat younger than individuals in the more advanced 

 dress of >S^. ornata. We possess a specimen exactly agreeing 

 with Kaup's type of S. leucomphomma. Another example, 

 obtained from Verreaux, and stated to be from Ecuador, is 

 still younger ; in this the sides of the head, including the 

 lores, are of the colour of the back, but a few of the white 

 feathers are present. Were it not for the latter, this specimen 

 would be almost exactly in the plumage described byLafresnaye 

 as S. flaveola, as shown by a sketch taken from the type in 

 the Boston Museum. This being the case, I come to the con- 



