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29. SeTOPHAGA nUTICILLA, Sw. 



A female. 



30. Setophaga rubba, Sw. S. rtibra, alis cauddąue fuscis : 

 genis albo-sericeis. 



Sylvia miniata, Lafresn., Mag. de Zool., 1836. Cl. II. tab. 54. 



31. Sylvicola decurtata, Nob. S. Icete viridis, subtus, cum 

 tectricibus alarum, albo-virescens ; capite collogue supra plurn- 

 beis, subtus albis ; alis majusculis, remigibus subfuscis, supra 

 externe viridi marginatis, subtus interne albo limbatis. Primo 

 dimidium, secundo cegualis duodecimi, 3, 4, 5, G**"!"^ omnium 

 longissimis. Caudd parvd angustd ceguali, rectricibus vires- 

 centibus. 



Long. 4"; rostr. 7'"; ui. 2" ; caud. 1" 3'"; tars. 7"'. 



This very singular small bird, partaking partly of the cha- 

 racters of Vireo and Sylvia, is very remarkable from the abbreviated 

 form of its body ; its wings and tail are also very singular, and al- 

 most entitle it to rank as a distinct genus. 



32. TuKDUs Grayi, Nob. T. olivaceo-fuscus, subtus Jlavo-cin- 

 namomeus, gula tantum vix ftiscescenti stiiatd: tectricibus ala- 

 rum inferioribus remigutngue margine interno aurantvo-cinna- 

 momeis, remigum primo sextam aąuante, 4'° et 5^° omnium lon- 

 gissimis, tertiam et sextam vix superantibus ; caudd tegtmli, diio 

 pollices ultra olas pratensd ; rectricibus submucrotiatis. 



Long. tot. 8" ; rostr. 1"; ai. 4" 3'"; caud. 3" 3'"; tars. 1" 1'". 

 A typical species : which I have much pleasure in dedicating to 

 Mr. G. R. Gray, a young ornithologist. 



33. Tyrannus superciliosus. Swains. T. fusco-oUvaceus, sub- 

 tus cum tectricibus alarum Jiavissimis ; caudd emarginatd; ver- 

 tice basi rubro ; superciliis amplis guldgiie caiulidis. 



Long. tot. 6" 6'" ; caud. 3" ; ai. 3" 5'", rostr. 9'" ; tars. 8'". 



34. Synallaxis cinerascens, Temra., PI. Col. 227, f. 3. S. 

 fusco-badia, capite toto saturatiore, pectore alis cauddgue Icete 

 castaneis, ventre cinerascente ; remigum apicibus fiavescentibus ; 

 rostra nigro. 



35. Mniotilta varia, Vieill. Sylvia varia, Lath. Oxyglossus 



maculatus. Sw. 



36. CcEREBA CYANEA, ViciU. CertMa cyanea, L. 



ScoLOPACiNus, Nov. Geu. 



Rostrum longissimum, basi trigonum, gracile, rectissimum ; man- 

 dibulis seąualibus, superiore apice extimo subcurvato, subhian- 

 tibus : nares fossa majuscula, membranula fere omnino clausae. 



Pedes elongati ; taršo digito raedio sesąuilongiorc ; digiti omnes a 



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