54 ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 
that region : one of these, the beautiful Setophaga picta, 
we have since figured in Zool, III- 2d series, pi. 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 fuUy illustrated by 
Wilson. All the species yet known to us are natives 
of the more extra-tropical regions of America. In a 
new one, now upon our table, from the interior of 
Brazil, we find the legs more than 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 oflPer- 
ing any remarks upon the circular distribution of this 
group, since two of the types at present are unknown 
to us. It is represented, among the true flycatchers 
{MusdeapincB Sw.), by the Australian fantails {Rhi. 
piduru 11. and V.), with which, as usual, it has been 
erroneously supposed to have an affinity. 
(6l.) To tlie genus Trichas, or the yellow-throats, 
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 personntns 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 faiivettes of Europe (Accentor). Let the naturi 
alist, therefore, peruse the account which Wilson gives 
of the Maryland yellow -throat, and, without any further 
information, he wiU himself pronounce that it might 
almost have been written to describe the peculiarities of 
our common hedge sparrow, or fauvette, the Accentor 
modularis of Cuvier. 
(62.) Tlie subfamily of SyMcolince is thus seen 
to form a connected circle, which we have traced 
through the genera Accentor, Pnrus, Sylvicola, Se- 
toplmga, and Trichax. We have further shown, 
• Ta7i. canicapillaf Zool. 111. iii. pi. 174 . 
