124 PAINTED WARBLEK8. 



Framingham, October 15, 1893, but there is no positive evi- 

 dence that the bird has bred in the state, at least in recent 

 years. I found the Hooded Warbler at Watsontown, Penn- 

 sylvania, in small numbers from September 6 to 18, 1875. It 

 winters regularly in Mexico and Central America and rarely 

 in Jamaica and Cuba. 



Genus. PAINTED WARBLERS. Setophaga. 



Size, iiiediiiin, o.2o. Colors, l)lack, Avith conspicuous rertdisli, 

 or reddish oraiiji'e markiiis's on body, wings, and tail. 



Bill, shorter, flatter, and wider at the base than in any 

 of the preceeding genera, and with bristles at its base, but these 

 are longer and more numerous even than in the last genus 

 ( see Fig. 42, E ). Wings, of medium length. Tail, rounded 

 and rather long ( see Fig. 48, page 109 ). In form of bill, with 

 its numerous basal bristles, and in some habits, the Painted 

 Warblers resemble the Flycatchers, but a careful examination 

 of the internal structure, as given below, will show that they 

 are true Warblers (see General Conclusions at end of Sum- 

 mary ). 



Intepnal and other Stpuetupe, with the Redstapt as a type. 



The specimen dissected was taken at Front Hill, Rhode Island, May 20, 1895. 

 These obstvations were checked bj the dissection of a second specimen taken at the 

 same place, about the same time. Both specimens were adi;lt males preser\ed in 

 formalin. 



Bill, broad and much flattened, especiall\^ on the upper mandible, where' the 

 transverse, horseshoe-shaped ridge is broader, more rounded, and better connected 

 anteriorly than in many other of our warblers ( see Fig. 42, Q^ ). The rictal bris- 

 tles are long, but in cominon ^vith those of other warblers, ha\e no well developed' 

 tuft of downy plumes at their base, This absence of conspicuous tufts at the base of 

 rictal bristles is rather unusual. Among the families which possess these bristles 

 I find the tufts present in the Thrushes, Wrens, Bluebirds, Shrikes, Kinglets, and 

 Flycatchers ; absent in the Warblers, Vireos, Gnatcatchers, and, rather more expec- 

 tedl}', in the strictly nocturnal Goatsuckers that I have examined. In the Sprrrows 

 and Finches they are present in some genera and absent in others. Notwithstanding 

 the variation shown in this last mentioned family, the absence or presence of these 

 tufts appears to be sufficiently constant in the other families mentioned to prove of 

 some value in determining the origin and relationship of birds having rictal bristles. 

 In the present case this character is mentioned to show that, although the Painted 

 Warblers possess nearly or quite as fully developed rictal liristles as do the true Fly- 



