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Thi3 genus differs from typical Setophaga in stouter feet and much 

 longer toes — the middle toe of S. ruticilla not exceeding the lateral 

 of M viilratus. The tail is shorter than the wings, not longer than 

 or at least equal to them. The bill ia differently shaped, being nar- 

 rower and more cylindrical, though decidedly depressed ; the lateral 

 outlines are slightly concave, not about straight. The tip is less 

 decurved. 



M. pusilla and canadensis are quite similar, generically with 

 rather more tumid bill, and perhaps narrower tail feathers. 



The species of Myiodioctes all belong to the United States, and 

 I have already given a synopsis of their characters in Birds N. Am 



IMyiodioctes mitratus. 



Motacilla mitrata, Qhelin, S. N. 1, 1788, 293. — Si/lvia m. Lath. — Vieil. 

 II, pi. 77. — Bon. ; Nott. ; Acd. Orn. Biog. II, pi. 110. — Sylvicola m. 

 Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, I13.—Sylvani.x .n. Nuttall, Man. 1, 1840, 

 333.— Setophaga m. Jard.— D'Orb. Sagra'a Cuba Ois. 1840, 89. — 

 Wilsonia m. Bon. 1838. — Allen, Pr. Essex Inst. 1864. — Myiodioctes 

 m. Add. Syn. 1839, 48.— Ib. B. A. II. pi. 71.— Sclatek, P. Z. S. 1856, 

 291 (Cordova) ; 1858, 368 (Honduras).— Ib. Catal. 1861, 33, no. 202. 

 — Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 292.— Jones, Nat. Bermuda, 1859, 26 

 (March). — Sclater & Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 11 (Guatemala), — Law- 

 rence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. VIII, 63 (Panaiaa R. R.). — Gundlach, Cab. 

 Jour. 1861, 326 (Cuba). — Mytoctonus ?». Cab. Mus. Hein. 1851. — Ib. 

 Jour. Orn. Ill, 1855, 472 (Cuba). 



Muscicapa cucullata, Wilson, III, pi. xxvi, flg. 3. 



Muscicapa selbyt, AuD. Orn. Biog. I, pi. 9. 



Uah. Eastern Province of United States, rather southern ; Bermuda ; Cuba ; 

 Jamaica ; eastern Mexico ; Honduraii and Guatemala to Panama R. R. 



Specimens from various points in the Atlantic and Mississippi 

 Valley States as far north as Carlisle, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio* 

 also — 



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17,18.5 

 30,698 



Sax 

 and 

 Age. 



9 

 cT 



Locality. 



Jamaica 

 Choctum, Vera Par. 



When 

 Collected. 



Hecelved from 



Collected by 



1861. 



J B Smith. 

 Salvio. 



IVyiodioctes canadensis. 



Muscicapa canadensis, Linn. S. N. I, 1766, 327. (Muscicapa canadensis 

 cinerea, Brisson, II, 406, tab. 39, fig. 4) — Omelin. — Wilson, III, pi. 

 xxvi, flg. 2. — Ann. Orn. Biog. II, pi. 103. — Setophaga can. Swains. ; 

 Ricu. ; Gray. — Myiodioctes can. Aud. B. A. II, pi. 103. — Brewer, 



