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of the Genus Setophaga. 
I can trace between the two is that the tail of the latter 
is somewhat longer than that of the former^ and that the 
amount of white on the lateral rectrices of the Guatemalan 
bird is not quite so great as on that of the Mexican. A 
series_, however^ of Guatemalan examples (including Kaup^s 
type) shows that in that countryat leasts the white of the 
tail is of variable amount^ the more orange-breasted spe¬ 
cimens (the form described by Kaup^ and apparently by 
Hartlaub) having less white than others of more highly- 
coloured plumage. These differences are so slight that I 
think it best to reunite the Guatemalan and Mexican birds. 
As regards the other synonyms given above^ Wagler^s 
name_, ikf. vulnerata, no doubt applies to S. miniata ; for though 
Wagler says his is very near to Swainson^s species^ he omits 
to say how they differ. Muscicapa larvata of Lichtenstein, 
S. castanea of Lesson, and Muscicapa derhami of Giraud 
seem to have been proposed by their authors without any 
reference to the work of their predecessors, and doubtless 
in Ignorance of their labours. 
It will be observed that Swainson, in his original de¬ 
scription, omits to mention the chestnut crown so conspicuous 
in this species. An examination of the type, now in the 
University Museum at Cambridge, shows it to be a young 
bird, in which this feature is barely perceptible. There can 
he no doubt that it belongs to the species usually called 
S. miniata. 
The range of miniata extends over a wide area. Swain- 
son^s original specimen came from near Valladolid, in the 
tableland of Mexico; but the species is also found much 
further to the north-west in the Sierra Madre, near Ma- 
zatlan, where Col. Grayson met with it. 
Its presence in many parts of Southern Mexico has been 
also recorded, such as the vicinity of the city of Mexico, 
Zapotitlan, Orizaba, Jalapa, La Parada, Cinco Sehores, and 
Totontepec. In Guatemala we found it nearly everywhere in 
the oak region—near Quezaltenango (8000 ft. above the 
sea), in the forests of the Volcan de Fuego, at Carrizal 
(5000 ft.), Chilasco (about 6000 ft.), and Coban (4300 ft.). 
