TERETRISTIS. 235 
Veretristis formsii. 
Teretristis fornsii, GunpuacH, Ann. N. Y. Lyc. VI, Feb. 1858 (eastern 
Cuba).—Ib. Cab. Jour. 1861, 826 (Cuba; very common). 
Hab. Eastern Cuba. 
Entire upper parts light ashy. Beneath, including lores, ocular region, and 
a narrow line above it, ears, and edge of the wing, yellow, sharply defined ; 
the sides of body, anal region to crissum and tibie, light dull ash. Inside 
of wings white. Bill and legs dark plumbeous. 
Length, 4.90; wing, 2.25; tail, 2.35; bill from gape, .60; tarsus, .73. No. 
23,511 has a much broader bill than usual. 
In proportions this species resembles the fernandine, but the 
two are easily distinguished by the color. In the former the head 
above is olive green, the yellow of under parts confined to throat ; 
in fornsit the whole upper parts are uniform ashy, the yellow of 
under part extending over the breast and belly. 
Smith- Collec-) Sex When 
sonian} tor’s | and Locality. Gollected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. 3 
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Supramity SETOPHAGIN &. 
Sylvicoline birds with the characters of Flycatchers; the bill notched at 
tip, depressed and broad at the base, though quite deep; the rictus with well 
developed bristles reaching beyond the nostrils, sometimes to the end of the 
bill. First quill rather less than the 4th, or still shorter. Size of the species 
rarely exceeding six inches. Colors red, yellow, and olive. 
The species of this section resemble the small Flycatchers of the 
family Tyrannide in the structure of the bill, ete., and in the habit 
of capturing insects more or less on the wing, though they are more 
restless in their movements, seeking their prey among trees, or in 
bushes, rapidly changing their place, instead of occupying a perch, 
and returning to it, after pursuing an insect through the air. The 
yellow or orange crown found in many species also carries out the 
analogy; but the strictly Oscine characters of the tarsal scutelle, 
and the nine primaries will serve to distinguish them. 
While the Sylvicoleze are eminently characteristic of the orni- 
thology of North America, in the number of specimens and of 
species—few indigenous true Warblers being found south of the 
