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to be described, four or five others may be expected to occur over our Mexican border, — ainong 
them the lovely Cardellina rubra, which is carmine red all over, with silky white ears; Seto- 
phaga miniata, very near S. picta; and species of the genus Basilewterus. Our three genera 
are readily distinguished, so far as our species are concerned, by coloration. 
Analysis of Genera. 
¢ Black, white, and orange; Q brown, white, and yellow . Oey yb Gteho evn rait ot) lee SUS ECO DICE OC Mmm 
BEOASHY- cw Hite, and Carmine! OMTOSVenedy ae. mitt a) ie Ulli ls) eve, ews) «oe 1,  COmdellimna aap 
Ga aaathout brows, red, OL oranee am wets ee emer seach cs) = 4) + « ~~ Adyeodiocies, 44 
MYIODIOC’TES. (Gr. pvia, muia, a tly, and dcaKrns, dioktes, a pursuer.) FLY-CATCHING 
WARBLERS. Bill Muscicapine, though with lateral outlines a little concave, broad and depressed 
at base, with many obvious rictal bristles reaching decidedly beyond the nostrils; culinen and 
commissure nearly straight. Wings pointed, as in most Sylvicolide, longer than tail; 1st quill 
longer than 5th, 3d equalling or exceeding 4th. Tail narrow, even or little rounded. Middle 
toe without claw about three-fifths as long as tarsus. Tail unmarked, or with white blotches 
as in Dendreca. No red or flame-color: always yellow below. Comprehends three species, 
well distinguished among Sylvicolide by the development of the rictal bristles and the depressed 
shape of the bill, though these Muscicapine characters are not pushed to the extreme seen in 
Setophaga. The tail is narrow, lacking the fan-shaped contour of that of Setophaga, and the feet 
are stouter, with longer toes. In Cardellina, a near ally, the bill is narrow and conoidal, some- 
what Parine in appearance, with curved culmen. In Basilewterus, and in fact in all the extra- 
limital forms of the Fly-catching Warblers, the wing is rounded, with the Ist quill shorter than 
the 5th. 
Analysis of Species. 
Olive and yellow ; tail-feathers white-blotched. . .........+.+.4+.4.... ~. «mitratus 4146 
Wliverandsyellow;stall-teathers plain’ «2, 4) eae ee te Se te ca «eae eye = seldensy, 1Ag 
Ashy-blueiand yellow: tail-feathers plain .. 4. 5... 2. 8 . s « « . « © «,« Camadensis 149 
M. mitra/tus. (Lat. mitratus, wearing a mitre, or other head-dress. Fig. 173.) Hooprep Fiy- 
CATCHING WARBLER. 4, adult: Clear yellow-olive above ; below, rich yellow, shaded with 
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olive along the sides; whole head and neck pure black, en- 
closing a broad goldeu mask across forehead and through eyes ; 
wings unmarked, glossed with olive; tail with large white 
blotches on the two or three outer pairs of feathers, as in 
Dendreca; bill black ; feet flesh-colored. Length 5.00-5.25 ; 
extent 8.50; wing about 2.75; tail about 2.25. 9, adult, 
and young @, with the black restricted or interrupted, if not 
wholly wanting, as it is in the earlier stages, when the parts 
concerned are simply colored to correspond with the upper 
Fic. 173. —Hooded Warbler, nat. and under surfaces of the bird. Hood said to be not perfected 
Bee or SC) till the third year, and to be finally acquired, in the fulness 
of its extent if not in the purity of the black, by the female. Eastern U. S., strictly; N. 
regularly to the Connecticut Valley ; W. to Kansas; migratory; breeds at large in its U. 8. 
range; winters extralimital. A lovely bird, reminding one of the 
Kentucky warbler, common in the south in such brakes and bottoms 
as the Kentucky haunts, rarer northward. Nest in bushes; eggs 4, 
about 0.70 X 0.50, as usual white, reddish-sprinkled. 
M. pusil/lus. (Lat. pusillus, puerile, petty, small. Fig. 174.) 
BLACK-CAPPED FLY-CATCHING WARBLER. 4, adult: Upper 
parts, including exposed edgings of the wings and tail, bright yel- ew 
lowish-olive ; under parts, including front and sides of the head i a atl cath 
aa P 3 "i , F Warbler, nat.size. (Ad nat, 
and superciliary line, rich yellow, shaded with olive on the sides. A del. B.C.) 
