MMOTJLTA. 483 



a'. Gape with very distinct eristics. 



i'. Top of head without distinct stripes or yellow crown-patch. 



c". Lower parts yellow (throat sometimes black); tail not longer than 



wing, nearly even Sylvania. (Pago 527.) 



c'. Lower parts without yellow (except in Central and South American 



species of Setophaga). 



d\ Bill broad and much depressed at base (as in certain Fij-catcliers) ; 



tail parti-colored, decidedly rounded, usually longer than wing. 



Plumage with more or less of red and black (except in female 



and young of <Sf. n/f(Ci7/rt) Setophaga. (Page 529.) 



cP. Bill smaller, narrow and deep at base (as in some Titmice) ; tail 

 unicolored, slightly emarginatod, about as long as wing, or a 

 little shortei". 

 e*. Gray above, with white rump and black ci-own ; face ami 

 throat red, rest of lower parts whitish. 



Cardellina. (Page 530.) 

 e'. Prevailing color red, with white ear-coverts, or else with 

 whitish tips to feathers of head and nock. 



Ergaticus. (Page 531.) 



fc-. Top of head distinctly striped, or else with a j-ellow crown-patch. (Lower 



parts at least partly j-ellow.) 



c'. Xo white on tail ; a black stripe on each side of crown, enclosing a 



broader one of light olive, ochraceous-orange, or chestnut ; wing and 



tail less than 2.50 Basileuterus. (Page 531.) 



c'. Tail feathers (except middle pair) tipped with a white spot ; top of 

 head black, with a yellow crown-patch ; wings and tail about 3.00. 



Euthlypis.^ 



Gencs MNIOTILTA Vieillot. (Pago 480, pi. CXY., fig. 7.) 

 Species. 



Plumage black striped with white above, beneath white with black streaks; 

 ■wing with two white bands, and two outer tail-feathers with white spot near end 

 of inner webs. Adult male: Throat thickly streaked with black, the latter some- 

 times nearlj- uniform. Young male: Throat pure white, without streaks; other- 

 wise like adult. Adult female: Similar to young male, but colors duller, the black 

 less intense, and white of lower parts tinged with brownish, especially along sides. 

 Nestling: Similar to adult female, but colors much duller and less sharply defined, 

 the head-stripes dull grayish instead of black, and the white parts tinged with 

 fulvous. Length 4.55-5.50, wing 2.60-2.90, tail 1.95-2.25. Nest embedded in 



> Eulhlypin Cab., Mas. Hein. i. 1S50, l.S. Type, E. lnchr,,mn,n Cab. 



The single species of this genus is 5.50-6.00 long (wing and tail each about ^.00) ; upper parts, except as 

 dcscribcil above, dark slate-color; lower parts yellow, deopening into tawny ochraceous on che«t, the lower tail- 

 coverts whitish ; a white spot on lores, and a smaller white spot on each eyelid. It occurs as far north as Cordova 

 and Maiatlan, perhaps farther. 



