BIRDS—SYLVICOLIDAE—TANAGRINAE. 299 
List of specimens. 
When col- | Whence obtained. Original) Length. Stretch | Wing. 
Catal.| Sex. Locality. | Remarks. 
No. | lected. | | No. | of wings.) 
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4014; 6 Boquillo, N. Leon, aa April —,1853 | Lt. Couch......0. see | 144 6225 7.25 2.50 | Eyes brown; bill black; feet red- 
dish slate. 
SETOPHAGA MINIATA, Swainson. 
Setophaga miniata, Swarnson, Phil. Mag. I, 1827, 368.—Is. Anim. in Menag. (2} eentenaries,) 1838, 293. (Not 
of La resnaye.) 
Muscicapa vulnerata, Wac er, Isis, 1831, 529. 
Setophaga vulnerata, Gray, Genera.—Bonar. Consp. 1850, 313.—Casanis, Mus. Hein. 1851, 18. 
Setophaga castanea, Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1839, 42. 
Muscicapa derhami, Giravup, Texas Birds, 1841 ; pl. iii, f. 2. 
Sp. Ca.—Upper parts, with head and neck all round, dark plumbeous; beneath, carmine red. A dark brownish chestnut 
patch on the forehead. Throat tinged with black. Under wing coverts white. Tail black ; the outer two feathers, with the 
outer web, the four outer, with the tips, white. Length about 5.25; wing, 2.55; tail, 3.05. 
Fab.—Northern Mexico to Guatemala. 
This species is larger though somewhat similar in shape to S. ruticilla, and has a proportionally 
broader tail. The wing is much rounded; the first quill equal about to the seventh. 
A specimen from Guatemala differs in having the middle tai feathers narrower, (the others 
lost.) The black of the throat is purer and more continuous. The crown is occupied by a sub- 
quadrate patch of orange chestnut ; the front and sides of the crown quite pure black. The 
size 1s considerably less. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. No. | Sex. Locality. Whence obtained. | Collected by— 
558 rea Northern? Mexicoi 2222-222 s2--- SUPSBalrds ss sece sce Se sec Se | J3G., Bell Soo 2522 sel aed Poems 
8021 Gu gieGuatemala) 228s sxce states Ih J. Gould. | 
Sub-Family TANAGRINAE. 
The precise position of the tanagers is a matter of much uncertainty, the relationship to the 
Fringillidae being very close. Both have the nine primaries and the scutellate tarsi, and the 
bill in some genera resembles that of unquestionable finches ; it is, however, usually longer, 
and though stout at the base is not strictly conical, and lacks the great strength necessary for a 
hard vegetable instead of soft animal diet, or one of berries and fruits. 
Of the large number of known tanagers but two genera are found in the United States— 
Pyranga and Euphonia, These may be readily distinguished by the large bill, higher than broad 
at the base, with a distinct tooth in the middle of the commissure in Pyranga, and the broad, 
short, depressed bill, with a double notch near the tip, of Huphonia. 
The characters of the genera are chiefly taken from Mr. Sclater’s masterly monograph, as 
more accurately expressing their distinctive features than the examination of the North American 
species alone can furnish. 
