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under parts dirty white ; the whole back aud shoulder-covers grey ; 

 the little plumage of the wings black or grey, with whitish margins ; 

 hand-wings black, arm-wings dark grey, marginated with whitish 

 yellow ; the inner webs of the wings broadly marginated with whitish 

 yellow ; tail-feathers grey, along the shafts black and on the margin 

 narrowly bordered with yellowish white ; the second abnormous hand- 

 feather with broader inner web black, with white margin from the 

 emargination to the end, and with a large long white spot from the 

 root to two-thirds of the feather. 



The female rufous with darker head ; wings black-brown, with pre- 

 dominating rufous yellow margins ; belly and under tail-covers lighter- 

 coloured. 



This species comes from Para. 



Very near to this species must be placed the Psaris surinamus 

 (Muscicapa, Gmel.), which is characterized with the following dia- 

 gnosis : — Cauda rotundatd, apice albd ; corpore nigra, subtus albo. 



I have not hitherto seen this species, nor Ps. niger variegatus aud 

 melanoleucus. 



Dimensions oi Ps.parinus : — head, 34; gape, 17; wing, 68; tail, 49. 



Genus Setophaga, Swains. 



This genus is one of the finest of the whole family of Muscicapidce. 

 It is found only in America. Only one species inhabits the northern 

 part, namely the very distinct species. Set. ruticilla, with its yellow 

 or red-banded wings and tail. The tail-feathers are pointed. 



The greater part inhabit the southern parts. They form various 

 little subgenera, distinguished by their very different colouring. One 

 of these, and I think the most beautiful, is the little section to which 

 the following species belong. They have much yellow on the head 

 and under side ; on the over parts dark cinereous. 



Setophaga ruficoronata, Kp. 



Diag. — With red head-spot ; the first tail-feather all white. 



Deser. — The hind ear-feathers black ; front, lorum and eye-region 

 yellow ; the first tail-feather all white ; the second white, with black 

 spot on the outer web, and black margin on the inner web ; under 

 tail-covers black-spotted. 



Mus. Derby anum. 



Very near to this species is 



Set. ruficapilla, Cab., 

 of which Bonaparte gives the diagnosis in the following manner : — 

 Fusco-plumbea, subtus omnino Jlava, lateribus fuscis ; pileo castaneo, 

 rectricibus extimis apice albis. Guiana. 



Set. LEtJCOMPHOMMA, Kp. 



Diag. — Lorum, eye-region and chin white. 



Bescr. — Ear-covers black, the yellow colour reaching only to the 

 after part of the eye ; tail and under tail-covers like rufcoronata. 



Hab. Bogota. Mus. D»rb. 

 No. CCXXII. — Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



