412 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



exposed, and the rictal bristles numerous and directed forward. 

 The wing is rounded, the second and third primaries longest and 

 equal, and the first about equal to the fourth. The tail is almost 

 square at the tip and about five-sixths the length of the wing. 

 The tarsus is about twice the length of the exposed culnien. 

 Coloration : male and female different. 



608. Setophaga niticilla. 



American Red-start. 



Motacilla ruticilla Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 186, 1758 (Virginia). 

 Setophaga ruticilla Cab. in Scliomb. Reis. Gruian. iii. p. 667, 1848 ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 203 (Roraima) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 



p. 411, 1885 (Roraima, Oct. and Jan.) ; Quelch, Timerhi (2) x. 



p. 261, 1896 (Roraima) ; Brabourne & Chubb, ■ B. S. Amer. i. 



p. 356, no. 3648, 1912. 



"American Red-start" or "Flycatcher" (Quelch). 



Adult male. CVown of head, sides of face, throat, breast, back, 

 wings, and tail glossy blue-back, the flight-quills orange at the 

 base becoming paler on the inner webs ; outer tail-feathers orange 

 on the basal two-thirds of their length, both above and below; 

 sides of breast and axillaries bright orange ; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of the flight-quills below pale orange ; middle 

 of breast, abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts white, some of 

 the long coverts blackish ; the black on the upper breast 

 encroaches more or less on to the upper abdomen ; flight-quills 

 below and tips of tail-feathers blackish brown. 



Total length 123 mm., exposed culmen 10, wing 64, tail 54, 

 tarsus 17. 



The male described was collected at Mount Roraima by 

 Mr. McConnell during his expedition in October 1898. 



Adult female. Differs entirely from the adult male in being 

 grey on the top of the head ; olive on the back, wings, and tail ; 

 bases of inner flight-quills and basal portion of lateral tail-feathers 

 lemon-yellow, similar but somewhat brighter on the sides of the 

 breast, axilliaries, under wing-coverts and inner edges of quills 

 below, throat and fore-neck isabelline, quills and tips of tail- 

 feathers below dark brown. Wing 64 mm. 



The female described was also collected by Mr. McConnell at 

 Mount Roraima. 



