322 



NORTH AMERICAN U'lliDti. 



(Jenus SETOPHAG-A, Swainh. 



Setophaga, Swainson, Zciiil. Jour. HI, Due. lSi7, 3t)0. (Tyi"'. ■Viisciaipa ruticilla, L.) — 

 If-ViKi), IJiids N. Am. IS.^S, 2S»7. Hylvania, Nuttall, Aliiii. Oni. 1, 1832. (Samo tyiic) 



Gkn. ("iiAU. Rill iiuicli depressoil, the lateral outlines straight towards ti]). Bristles 



reach half-way irom nostril to tip. Culin<'ii almost 

 straight to near the ti|); conmiissiire verv slightly 

 eurvcd. Nostrils oval, with membrane above them. 

 Wings I'ather longer than tail, pointed ; seeond, third, 

 and Ibnith M< nearly etpial ; liist intermediate 



betwa-en fbmth .md lil'lh. Tail ather long, rather 

 rounded; the feathers broad, and widening at ends, 

 the outer web narrow. Tarsi with scutellar divis- 

 ions indistinct externally. Legs slender; toes short, 

 inner cleft nearly to base of lirst joint, outer with 

 first joint adherent ; middle toe without claw, not 



„ , , quite half the tarsus. 



>yUup/uit/a nitictlta, h\v. 



The genus Srfoji/idi/a is very largely represented in America, although of 

 the many species scarcely tmy agree exactly in form with the type. In the 

 following diagnosis I gi\e several species, referred to, })erhiips erroneously, us 

 occiu'ring in Texas. 



Belly white. End of lateral tail-feathers black. Sexes dissimilar. 



Ground-color lilack, without vertex spot. Sides of breast and bases of quills 

 and tail-feathers reddish-orange in male, yellowish in female . . . rulicilld. 

 Belly vermilion or carmine red. Lateral tail-feathers, including their tips, while. 

 Sexes similar. 



Entirely lustrous black, including head and neck. Xo vertex spot. A 

 white ])atch on th(> wings .......... piclu.^ 



Pluinbeous-ash, including head and neck. A chestnut-brown vertex spot. 

 No white on wings miniata.'' 



Setophaga ruticilla, Swains. 



AMEBICAN BEDSTABT. 



Mutni'ilhi rvlii-nin, LiNX. Syst. Nat. ]t)th cd. ]7r<8, ISti (Catcsliy, Car. tab. C7). Mmciaijia 

 riillillld, Linn.; (I.mki.in ; ViKiLl.or ; Wits.; Hon.- Aid. Orii. Hiog. 1, pi. xl. 

 Sr/ii/i/iiicjii i-til. Swains. Zoill. Jour. IH, 1827, S.'iS. — l!oN. ; Ai'li. Birds Am. — 

 Sci.AriMi, I'. Z. S. (Kcuailor, 15ogota, Conlovn, Oaxaca, City of Mexico). — Sclatkh & 

 Sai.vin, Ibis, 18')!), 12 (Guatemala). ^ liAii;i), liinls X. Am. ISnS, 2'J7 ; Rev. a.lt!. — 

 Max. ; Sai.i.i:;, P. Z. S. 18,".7 (St. Dciiiiiiigo). Ni:\vidN, Hii.s, ISait, 14:! (-'^t. I'luix ; 

 winter). —Caii. Jour, l.^.'ili, 172 (Cuba); IXtiO, 'Mi, (Costa liica). - (1i;niiI.A( ll, ib. 

 1801, »2(i (Cuba). - MiiVANT, I'r. lio.st. Soc. VII, KS.MI (Maliamas). — LAWiiKNcK, Ann. 

 N. Y. Lye. 18iil, 322 (Panama R. !{.).- SamI'KI.s, 21i». Sjilviviin rut. NfiTAl.L, 

 Man. I, 1832, 291 (type of genus). Motiidlla flavicinuLt, Gmelin, I, 1788, 997 (?). 



' Setop/iiiijii pii-tii (SwAlNsoN), Uaiiu), Ucv. 18t)5, 2r)0. MiLScimpu hiicnmus, CilllArii, Texas 



Hirds. Hah. Mexico and (luatemala. 



'■' Sr/tjiliriga inliuiilii (Swain.son), Uaiiiu, Uev. 1805, 2;';). Mksi'icujxi ikrhumi, (illiAlli, 



Texas ','irds. lluh. Mexico. 



