180 MNIOTILTIDiE. 



utrinque fere omnino alba proximse parte basali nigra, tertia albo terminata, reliquis omnino nigris ; rostro 

 et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 5-0, alse 2*6, caudse 25, rostri a rictu 0'55, tarsi 0'7. (Descr. maris ex 

 Santa Barbara, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis, sed coloribus paulo obsourioribns. 



Av. horn, sordide niger ; abdomine albido sordide brunneo maculato. 



Hab. NoETH America, Arizona i*. — Mexico, Boquillo (Couch^), Eeal del Monte 

 (Taylor^), Zacatecas^, Sierra Madre {Gray son '^^), alpine region of Vera Cruz 

 (Sumichrast^'^), near city of Mexico {Salle ^, le Strange), La Parada^ and Cinco 

 Seiiores ^ {JBoucard), Gineta Mountains {Sumichrast ^^) ; Guatemala '', Volcan de 

 Fuego^, ridge near Choi, San Geronimo, Santa Barbara, Chilasco, and Tactic 

 {0. S. & F. D. G.) ; HojfDUBAS, Comayagua {Edwards ^<'). 



This pretty Setophaga was first made known to science by Swainson, who described 

 and figured a bird sent to Mr. John Taylor from Eeal del Monte in Mexico ^ ; and for 

 the past five-and-twenty years it has become familiar to us from the number of specimens 

 sent from various parts of the Mexican highlands, where it enjoys a wide range, being 

 known from Arizona ^^ and Nuevo Leon ^ in the north to the Gineta Mountains in the 

 State of Chiapas i^. Grayson, who observed it in Sierra Madre, near Mazatlan, speaks 

 of it as having all the habits of the Warblers^ being always very busy, actively hopping 

 amongst the branches in search of insects, uttering at the same time a chirping note, 

 , The tail is often spread just enough to show distinctly the broad white tips of the outer 

 feathers ^^. Prof. Sumichrast places it amongst the birds of the alpine region of Vera 

 Cruz, being found at elevations ranging between 4600 and 8200 feet ; and most of the 

 other Mexican localities given above lie at a considerable elevation. In Guatemala, 

 too, it is a bird characteristic of the upland oak-forests, and we found it at various 

 places between 8000 or 9000 feet in the Volcan de Fuego, and 3000 feet near San Gero- 

 nimo. As in Mexico it is a conspicuous species, soon attracting attention by its restless 

 movements, and its habit of opening its tail and showing the white tips to the outer 

 rectrices. Beyond Guatemala we know nothing of it, except the note of Mr, Taylor 

 that Mr. Edwards obtained a specimen near Comayagua in Honduras, indicating that 

 it probably occurs in the higher forest-clad mountains which lie between that State and 

 Guatemala. 



Setojphaga picta having been included in Giraud's ' Sixteen Birds of Texas ' under 

 the name of Muscicapa leucomus ^ ^^, has long had a quasi footing as a member of the 

 United-States fauna. Owing to its recent discovery in Southern Arizona, its status is now 

 established. Capt, Bendire met with it near Tucson in 1872, and Mr, W, H. Henshaw 

 in the two following years in different parts of Southern Arizona, where it was breeding ^^. 

 According to the observations of the latter naturalist, S. picta leaves Arizona in the winter 

 months. We have no evidence of any migratory movement of the species in Guatemala, 

 where we believe it is found throughout the year, and where it certainly breeds, as we 

 have a specimen in first plumage from that country. This being the case, it would 



