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54 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
that region: one of these, the beautiful Setophaga picte, 
we have since figured in Zool. Til. 2d series, pl. 2. The — 
American redstart of Wilson may, for our present 
purpose, be looked upon as the type, or at least as that 
example of the group most familiar to ornithologists, 
and whose manners have been fully illustrated by 
Wilson. All the species yet known to us are natives 
of the more extra-tropical regions of America. Ina 
new one, now upon our table, from the interior of 
Brazii, we find the legs more éhan usually lengthened > 
the tail and wings shorter, and the bill narrower; the 
length of the feet clearly showing that the bird must 
frequent the ground. We refrain, however, from offer- 
ing any remarks upon the circular distribution of this 
group, since two of the types at present are unknown > 
tous. It is represented, among the true flycatchers 
(Muscicapine Sw.), by the Australian fantails (Rhi- 
pidura H. and V.), with which, as usual, it has been 
_ erroneously supposed to have an affinity. ' 
(61.) To the genus T'richas, or the yettoin-hieitil , 
we are conducted by the bird just alluded to. Of this” 
group, only two species are yet known; one is the 
Sylvia velata of Vieillot*, the other the Maryland 
yellow-throat of Wilson ( Trichas personatus Sw.). 
These birds, unlike all those of the preceding groups, 
live habitually upon the ground, and appear, from 
Wilson’s account, to have the same manners as the 
winter fauvettes of Europe (Accentor). Let the natur- 
alist, therefore, peruse the account which Wilson gives — 
of the Maryland yellow-throat, and, without any further 
information, he will himself pronounce that it might 
almost have been written to describe the peculiarities of 
our common hedge sparrow, or fauvette, the Aceentor 
modularis of Cuvier. 
(62.) The subfamily of Sylvicoline is thus seen 
to form a connected circle, which we have traced 
through the genera Accentor, Parus, Sylvicola, me 
tophaga, and Trichas. We. have further shown, ~ 
* Tan. canicapilla, Zool. Il. tii. pl. 174. q 
