ERGATICVS. 531 



Sab. Highlands of Guatemala and Mexico, north to southern border of United 

 States (southern Texas ? to southern Arizona). 



690. C. rubrifrons (Giraud). Red-faced Warbler. 



Genus ERGATICUS Baird. (Page 483, pi. CXTIII., fig. 4.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Adults (sexes alike): Prevailing color red, the wines 

 and tail dusky brownish. 



a 1 . Adult: Above plain dusky red, brighter on rump and upper tail-coverts; lower 

 parts, including sides of neck and head (except ear-coverts), brighter red, 

 inclining to vermilion ; ear-coverts silvery white, in conspicuous con- 

 trast ; wings and tail brownish dusky, the lesser and greater wing-coverts 

 broadly edged with brownish red, and middle coverts broadly tipped 

 with pinkish red ; remiges and rectriees edged with dull light brownish 

 red. Young: Above dull rusty brown; beneath similar but paler, in- 

 clining to cinnamon ; ear-coverts silvery white, as in adult. Length about 

 4.50-5.00, wing 2.30-2.50, tail 2.40-2.55. Hob. Highlands of eastern Mexico 

 (north to southern Texas?) 691. E. ruber (Swains.). Red Warbler. 



a 1 - Adult : Head, neck, and chest light silvery pink, the feathers dusky at base 

 (dark red on chest, where the underlying color is more exposed) ; rest of 

 lower parts plain dull vermilion- red ; back and scapulars dark claret-red; 

 rump light pinkish red ; about the size of E. ruber. Hab. Highlands of 

 Guatemala. 



E. versicolor (Salv.). Pink-headed Warbler, 1 



Genus BASILEUTERUS Cabanis. (Page 483, pi. CXVIIL, figs. 5. 6.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Above plain olive-green, with top and sides of head 

 chestnut ; or olive-gray, the top of head with two black (lateral) and one (median) 

 yellow or orange-rufous stripes ; beneath yellow, or with posterior half (or more) 

 whitish. 



a 1 . Top of head with two black lateral stripes, enclosing a median stripe of yellow 

 (varying to orange-rufous) ; rest of upper parts plain olive-gray (sometimes 

 tinged with olive-green) ; lower parts yellow, tinged with olive laterally ; 

 length about 4.50-5.00, wing 2.10-2.30, tail 2.00-2.10. Sab. Middle America, 

 south to Yeragua, north to eastern Mexico ; southern Texas ? 



692. B. culicivorus (Licht.). Brasher's Warbler. 



a 2 . Top of head chestnut or rufous, with or without black lateral and frontal 

 border ; rest of upper parts plain olive-green. 



1 Oardellina versicolor Si.LV., P. Z. S. 1863, 188, pi. 24, fig. 4. JSrgaticua versicolor Scl. 4 Salt., Nom. 

 Neotr. 1873, 11. 



