OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 293 



38. Saxicola rufiventer. 



Grey black : rump^ tail covers, and body beneath, 

 chestnut. Tail rounded, and somewhat lengthened. 



Inhabits South Africa. Dr. Burchell's Coll. No. S6l. 



Size of Sax. humeralis. Total length about 1\ inches ; bill, 

 front 1^; wings 4^; tardus 1^; tail, base 3f. The tail 

 is broad, more lengthened than usual, rounded, and unusually 

 soft : the deep chestnut colour begins at the breast, and spreads 

 round the lower back, rump and tail covers ; the two outermost 

 quills are graduated ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth are equal and 

 longest. 



SQ. Setophaga rubra. 



Entirely red : ears of a silky whiteness : wings and 

 tail dusky. 



Inhabits Mexico, near Toluca. Mus. Nost. 



Form aberrant. Bill small, compressed on the sides ; while its 

 form perfectly resembling that of Seisurus auricapillus ; the 

 sides inflexed; the rictal bristles strong, and extending to two 

 thirds its length. The bright crimson of the plumage is uni- 

 form, except on the wings and tail, where it is duller, and only 

 edges the feathers : bill and legs horn colour. Total length 

 about 4| inches ; bill, front -^^ ; wings 2^ ; tail, base 2-^ ; 

 tarsus ■^. 



40. Setophaga miniata. 



Upper plumage, with the chin and ears, cinereous ; 

 under plumage bright crimson : crown obscure rufous : 

 tail broad, soft ; terminal half of the three outermost 

 feathers white, the rest black. 



Inhabits Mexico, between Temascaltepec and Toluca. 

 Mus. Nost. 



Rather larger than S. rubra. Total length 5| inches ; bill, 

 base fg ; wings 2-^ ; tail, beyond, 1^ ; base 3 ; tarsus fg. Form 

 probably typical. Although the tail is much broader, longer, 

 and more rounded than in S. ruticiUa, yet the bill is equally 

 depressed, and the rictal bristles so strong and lengthened, that 

 they nearly reach to the end of the bill. It is closely allied to 

 the S. picta.* 



41. Setophaga auricapilla. 

 Above, olive green : beneath, bright yellow : crown 



* Zool. in. ii. pi. 3. 



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