of the Genus Setophaga. 
319 
Hab. Merida^ Venezuela. 
Mus. nostr. et P. L. S. 
Herr Goering is the only naturalist who has as yet sent 
specimens of this fine species. Besides the two skins in his 
first collection from Merida, mentioned by us when we first 
described the species, Goering subsequently sent others from 
the same locality, viz. the elevated wood-region of the Sierra 
Nevada of Merida. One of the latter is a young bird in 
which the whole head is uniformly coloured like the back, 
none of the ornamental markings of the crest &c. ha\dng 
made their appearance j the under surface is yellow, but the 
throat has not yet attained its mature colour, being of a 
brownish tint mingled with a few yellow feathers. 
The bird figured is one of Hr. Goering^s original specimens 
now in our collection. 
14. Setophaga torquata. 
Setophaga torquata, Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 261 ; Lawr. Ann. 
Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 96 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 136 ; Scl. & Salv. 
Nomencl. p. 11. 
Supra schistacea; pileo undique, alis et cauda nigricantibus, 
crista vertical! castanea; fronte, capitis lateribus et 
corpore subtus flavis, torque pectoral! dorso concolore; 
rectrice utrinque externa pro majore parte alba, proxima 
dimidio apicali alba, tertia albo terminata; rostro et 
pedibus nigris : long, tota 5*4, alse 2*6, caudse 2*5, tarsi 
0 * 8 . 
Hah. Costa Rica and Veragua. 
Mus. nostr. et P. L. S. 
This well-marked species is confined in its range to the 
mountain-districts of Costa Rica and Veragua. In the former 
country it has been found by nearly all collectors who have 
worked there, and specimens have been obtained in the vicinity 
of San Jose, in the forests of the Volcano of Irazu, and at La 
Palma. Prom Veragua we have received specimens obtained 
in the Volcano of Chiriqui and from the Cordillera de Tole. 
In the distribution of the colours of the head this species 
differs from all its congeners; but the most striking distinc¬ 
tion is the dark pectoral band, which is not present in any 
other member of the genus. 
