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Mr. O. Salvin’s Synopsis 
^■15. SeTOPHAGA LACRYMOSA. 
Euthlypis lacrymosa, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 19; Bp. Consp. 
p. 314; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 291,1859, p. 364, et Cat. Am. B. 
p. 36 ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 274; Lawr. Mem. Bost. 
Soc. N. H. ii. p. 270. 
Setophaga lacrymosa, Baird, Rev. Am. B. p. 263; Scl. & 
Salv. Nomencl. p. 11. 
Supra schistacea vix olivaceo tincta; fronte et superciliis, loris 
et regione suboculari nigris, macula lorali et ciliis albis; 
pileo medio sulpbureo; subtus ochraceo-flava, gula et 
abdomine medio flavescentioribus ; bypochondriis oliva- 
ceis; crisso flavescente albo; rectricibus omnibus albo 
terminatis ; rostro nigro, pedibus corylinis : long, tota 
6*0, alse 3*0, caudse 2*8, tarsi 0*95. 
Hah. Mexico and Guatemala. 
Mus. nostr. et P. L. S. 
This peculiar and well-marked species, when first described 
by Dr. Cabanis, was made the type of a new genus, Euthlypis, 
and it doubtless has some claim to be so considered j but not 
wishing to carry the subdivision of genera quite so far as to 
allow Euthlypis full generic rank, I here follow Prof. Baird^s 
arrangement and place Euthlypis as a subgenus of Setophaga. 
The bird is larger than any other species of Setophaga, and 
has a longer and stronger bill, and in this respect approaches 
the ^enus Basileuterus. In having white tips to the tail- 
feathers, which it displays in true Setophagine fashion, it 
seems rightly placed in Setophaga. 
S. lacrymosa was first described from a specimen in the 
Berlin Museum obtained at Lagunas, in Mexico, in which 
country it has been found by several collectors—^by Grayson 
(who gives a short account of its habits) as far north as Ma- 
zatlan, by Salle at Cordova, and by De Oca at Jalapa. In 
Guatemala its range is very restricted ; indeed I only know of 
its having been met with in the forests, which lie at an eleva¬ 
tion of from 3000 to 4500 ft., between the Volcanos of Agua 
and Fuego. In September 1859 I observed a pair in the 
woods near the village of Alotenango in this district, and 
watched for some time their restless motions and the curious 
habit they have of expanding their tails and swaying them to 
