of the Genus Setophaga. 319 



Hab. Merida, Venezuela. 



Mus. nostr. et P. L. S. 



Herr Goering is the only naturalist who has as yet sent 

 specimens of this fine species. Besides the two skins in his 

 first collection from Merida, mentioned by us when we first 

 described the species^ Goering subsequently sent others from 

 the same locality, viz. the elevated wood-region of the Sierra 

 Nevada of Merida. One of the latter is a young bird in 

 which the Avhole head is uniformly coloured like the back, 

 none of the ornamental markings of the crest &c. having 

 made their appearance ; the under surface is yellow, but the 

 throat has not yet attained its mature colour, being of a 

 brownish tint mingled with a few yellow feathers. 



The bird figured is one of Hr. Goering's original specimens 

 now in our collection. 



14. Setophaga torquata. 



Setophaga torquata, Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 261 ; Lawr. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 96 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 136 ; Sch & Salv. 

 Nomencl. p. 11. 



Supra schistacea ; pileo undique, alis et cauda nigricantibus, 

 crista verticali castanea ; fronte, capitis lateribus et 

 corpore subtus flavis, torque pectorali dorso concolore ; 

 rectrice utrinque externa pro majore parte alba, proxima 

 dimidio apicali alba, tertia albo terminata; rostro et 

 pedibus nigris : long, tota 5*4, alse 2*6, caudse 2' 5, tarsi 

 0-8. 

 Hab. Costa Rica and Veragua. 

 Mus. nostr. et P. L. S. 



This well-marked species is confined in its range to the 

 mountain-districts of Costa Rica and Veragua. In the former 

 country it has been found by nearly all collectors who have 

 worked there, and specimens have been obtained in the vicinity 

 of San Jose, in the forests of the Volcano of Irazu, and at La 

 Palma. From Veragua we have received specimens obtained 

 in the Volcano of Chiriqui and from the Cordillera de Tole. 



In the distribution of the colours of the head this species 

 differs from all its congeners ; but the most striking distinc- 

 tion is the dark pectoral band, which is not present in any 

 other member of the genus. 



