298 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
Sp. Ch. — Male. — Prevailing color, black. A central line on the breast, the abdomen and under tail coverts white ; some 
feathers in the latter strongly tinged with dark brown. Bases of all the quills, except the inner and outer, and basal half of all 
the tail feathers, except the middle one, a patch on each side of the breast, and the axillary region orange red, of a vermilion 
shade on the breast. Female with the black replaced by olive green above, by brownish white beneath ; the head tinged with 
ash ; a grayish white lore and ring round the eye. The red of the male replaced by yellow. Li lgth, 5.25 ; wing, 2.50 ; 
tail, 2.45. 
Hah. — Eastern United States to the Missouri plain ; West Indies in winter. Fort Laramie, Dr. Cooper. 
The second, third, and fourth quills are longest, considerably exceeding the first, which is 
intermediate between the fourth and fifth. The tail feathers are broad, and widening towards 
the tip ; considerably graduated laterally. 
List of specimens. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
Wing. 
Remarks. 
3 
9 
9 
9 
oS 
May 18, 1843 
May 20, 1843 
May 17, 1845 
May 1,1815 

5.16 
5.16 
5.16 
7.66 
7.50 
7.75 
2.58 
2.33 
2.50 
do 
May—, 1852 
9 
3 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
May 12, 1857 
W. S. Wood. 
G. VVurdemann.. 
April 10.. .. 
5.25 
5.50 
5.00 
5.75 
6.00 
7.50 
7.00 
8.00 
2.00 
2.50 
2.10 
2.50 
do 
Sept. 27, 1857 
Bill light brown, feet black- 
Sept. 27, 1857 
5.25 
6.25 
2.50 
ish. 
Bill light brown, feet black- 
ish. 
3 
3 
Lieut. Warren.. .. 
Dr. Hayden.. 
4.87 
5.37 
5.00 
5 00 
4.75 
5.25 
6.50 
7.87 
7.25 
7.25 
7.50 
7.00 
2 50 
2.50 
2.62 
2.50 
2.50 
2 12 
3 
do 
May 12 
do 
Hammond St Do 
3 
Vesey. 
SETOPHAGA PICTA, Swainson. 
Setophaga picta, Swainson, Zool. 111. 2d Series, I, 1829 ; pi. iii.— Ib. Anim. in Menag. 1838, 293.— Bonap. Consp. 
1850, 312. 
Muscicapa leucomus, Giraud, Texas Birds, 1841 ; pi. vi. f. 1. 
Sp. Ch. — Male. — Above, with the head and neck all round, and sides of the breast, black ; rest of under parts dark crimson red. 
The under tail and wing coverts, the outer two, and most of the third tail feathers, and a broad patch on the wing, white. 
Length, 5.25 ; wing, 2.50 ; tail, 2.60. 
JIab. — Northern Mexico. 
The specimen before me of this beautiful species is not sufficiently perfect to admit of a satis- 
factory description. The form appears to be much like that of S. miniata. 
