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110 C@REBIDE, HONEY CREEPERS.—GEN. 41, 42. 
tured to belong to this genus; but this can hardly be, for Wilson says it has two 
white wing bands, a character not shown in Myiodioctes. There is no reasonable 
probability that any species of the family, inhabiting the Middle States in June, 
remains to be detected. I have no doubt that the bird is a Dendreca, and nothing 
in the description forbids its reference to one of the endless plumages of D. pinus ! 
41. Genus SETOPHAGA Swainson. 
Fedstart. lustrous blue-black, belly and crissum white, sides of the 
breast, large spot at bases of the remiges, and basal half of the tail feathers 
(except the middle pair) fiery-orange; belly often tinged with the same; 
bill and feet black. ¢ olivaceous, ashier on the head, entirely white below, 
wings and tail blackish, with the flame color of the g represented by 
yellow; young ¢ like the ¢ but browner, the yellow of an orange hue. 
From the circumstance that many spring males are shot in the general 
plumage of the female, but showing irregular isolated black patches, it is 
probable that the species requires at least two years to gain its perfect 
plumage. Length 54; wing and tail about 24. Eastern North America, 
very abundant, in woodland. Whuus., i, 103, pl. 6, f. 6; Nurr., i, 291; 
DNs y PEOS jolly crs Wioby Oi 6 6 Go o 5 a 9 6 oc a  IOHIClNEiiyA- 
Painted Flycatcher.  § lustrous black, middle of breast and belly carmine 
red; eyelids, wing coverts and crissum white, inner quills edged with white, 
outer tail feathers mostly white. @ not particularly different. 5; wing 
and tail, each 22; tarsus 3. A Mexican species, recently found in Arizona. 
(Tucson, Bendire.)  Bp., 298; Rev., 256. . 2... = Sere 
Oss. One other Mexican species of this genus (S. miniata), and two species of 
closely allied genera, Basileuterus rufifrons and Cardellina rubra (both Mexican), 
have been admitted to our fauna, though they have not, to my knowledge, been 
actually taken within our limits. 
Family CGQAREBIDA. Honey Creepers. 
Primaries nine, and other external characters very nearly as in the last family ; 
but the bill is generally slenderer and sharper, and often a little decurved. The 
line between the two families has never been drawn with precision, and has become 
the more diflicult of expression since some of the Sylvicolide have proven possessed 
of a peculiarity of the Coerebidee—deeply bifid, penicillate tongue. A small group, 
containing perhaps forty species, of pretty little birds, confined to tropical Amer- 
ica. Our species is merely a stray visitor to Florida. 
42. Genus CERTHIOLA Sundevall. 
Honey Creeper. Dark olivaceous ash; superciliary line and under‘parts 
dull white; belly, edge of wing, and rump, bright yellow; wings dusky, 
with a white spot at base of primaries; tail dusky, tipped with white ; bill 
and feet black; “eyes blue.” Length 43; wing 24; tail 13. Indian Key 
(Wurdemann). Bps 924. ©. 0 20. 49 3 2. RADAR 
