THE IBIS, 



FIFTH SERIES. 



No. XVIII. APRIL 1887. 



XII. — Description of a new Species of the Genus Setopliaga. 

 By OsBERT Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



(Plate IV.) 



Setophaga flaviverteXj sp. n. 

 Supra olivaceo-oleaginea, capite nigro^ vertice summo flavo, 

 superciliis et fronte albis, tectricibus supracaudalibus 

 nigris ; alls fusco-nigris ; cauda nigricante^ rectricibus 

 utrinque tribus externis gradatim albis ; subtus omnino 

 flava, crisso pallidiore; rostro et pedibus nigricanti- 

 fuscis. Long, tota 5 2, alse 2*4', caudse 2 6, rostri a rictu 

 0-6, tarsi 0'8. 

 Av.Jr. supra olivaceo-fusca, capite ejusdem col oris ; subtus 

 flava^ gula ochraceo-fusco induta. 

 Hab. Colombia septeutrionalis. 

 Mus. nostr, 



Obs. S. albifronti forsan affinis quoad frontem et supercilia 

 alba, sed vertice flavo uec castaneo, dorso quoque olivaceo, 

 facile distinguenda. 



Mr. Whitely recently brought me two specimens of this 

 Setophaga, together with a few other birds, stating that he 

 had received them from a correspondent who had obtained 



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