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MNIOTILTA. 167 
Bill depressed ; rictus with long bristles. 
Setophagine. Bill much depressed ; considerably broader than 
high; the tip more or less hooked, with distinct notch. 
Bristles lengthened, reaching half way or more from the 
nostrils to tip of bill. 
The synopsis of the sections and generic characters of the Seto- 
phagine will be found further on under the head of that subfamily. 
As already remarked, the species of Sylvicolidx, as here re- 
stricted, are all of very small size, scarcely exceeding six inches in 
length, usually less ; écteria alone is larger. 
SuBFAMILY SYLVICOLINA. 
MNIOTILTA, Vrertu, 
Mniotilta, Vinmiot, Analyse, 1816, 45. (Type Figuier varié, Burr. 
(Motacilla varia, Linn.)). 
Mniotilta varia. 
Motacilla varia, Linn. 8. N. I, 1766, 333.—Certhia varia, Viritirot; Av- 
puBon.—Mniotilta varia, Virtuuot, Gal. Ois. I, 1834, 276, pl. 169. 
—Auvp., Gosse.—Barrp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 235.—Sciarer, P. Z. S. 
1858, 298 (Oaxaca, Xalapa) ; 1859, 363 (Xalapa) ; 1855, 143 (Bo- 
gota) ; 1856, 291 (Cordova) ; 1864, 172 (City of Mex.).—In. Catal. 
1861, 25, no. 162.—Scu. & Satv. Ibis, 1859, 10 (Guatemala).—New- 
TON, Ibis, 1859, 143 (Santa Cruz; winter).—Caz. Jour. III, 475 (Cuba ; 
winter).—Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1859 (Bahamas; April 20).— 
Gossz, Birds Jam. 134 (Jamaica; winter).—Jones, Nat. Bermuda, 
1859, 29 (October).—Cas. Jour. 1860, 328 (Costa Rica).—Law- 
RENCE, Ann. N. Y. Lyc. 1861, 322 (Panama R. R.; winter).— 
Gunpu. Cab. Journ. 1861, 326 (Cuba; very common). 
Certhia maculata, Wits.—Mniotilta borealis, Norv. 
Mniotilta varia, var. longirostris, Barrp, Birds N. Am. 1858, xxxi, no. 
167.—Is. Catal. in 8vo. 1859, no. 167*. 
Figures: Aup. Orn. Biog. V, pl. 90; Birds Am. I], pl. 114.—Wiuzson, 
Am. Orn. III, pl. xix. 
Hab. Eastern province of North America, and north to Fort Simpson. 
Both coasts of Mexico (as far north as Mazatlan, on west side), and south- 
ward to Bogota. Whole West Indies and Bermuda. 
Localities quoted. Bahamas; Bermuda; Cuba; Jamaica; Santa Cruz; W. 
Indies ; Cordova, Xalapa, Oaxaca, Mex. ; Guatemala; Panama R. R.; Bogota. 
