. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 322 NORTH AMERICAN RIRDS. Genuh SETCPHAGA, Swaix NS. Setophaga, SwAiNSoN, Znol. Jour. HI, Dlc. 18'J7, 360. (Tyin?, Musciatpa rutkllla, L.) — l>Aii:i>, IJiidsN. Am. ISati, 297. >Si/lvunia, Nuttall, Mau. Oni. I, l^'ol. (Same tyi»«'.) Gen. CiiAii. Rill niu(-h deprcfist'd, the lateral outlines i^traight towards tip. reach half-way horn nostril to tip. Cuhnen ahuDSt straight to near the tip: corniiissure
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 322 NORTH AMERICAN RIRDS. Genuh SETCPHAGA, Swaix NS. Setophaga, SwAiNSoN, Znol. Jour. HI, Dlc. 18'J7, 360. (Tyin?, Musciatpa rutkllla, L.) — l>Aii:i>, IJiidsN. Am. ISati, 297. >Si/lvunia, Nuttall, Mau. Oni. I, l^'ol. (Same tyi»«'.) Gen. CiiAii. Rill niu(-h deprcfist'd, the lateral outlines i^traight towards tip. reach half-way horn nostril to tip. Cuhnen ahuDSt straight to near the tip: corniiissure very slightly curved. Nostrils oval, with nieuibrarx' above thcui. Wings rather longer than tail, pointed ; second, third, and iburth (piills nearh' ecpial; first intermediate between fl^urth and fifth. Tail rather lonur, rather romided; the feathers broad, and widening at ends, the outer \\v\> narrow. Tarsi with scutellar divis- ion>< indistinct externally. Legs slender; toes sliort, iinier cleft nearly to base of tirst joint. t)utei with first joint adherent; middle toe without claw, not quite half the tarsus. ,\!lupha(ja ruticill'j, few. The genus Sefophnf/a is very largely re])reseiited in America, although oi the many species scarcely any agree exactly in form with the type In the following tliagnosis I give several s})ecies, referred to, perhaps erroneously, as occurring in Texas. Belly white. End of lateral tail-leathers black. Sexes dissimilar. Ground-color black, without vortex spot. Sides of breast and bases of quills and tail-feathers reddish-orange in male, yellowish in female . . rulicilld. Belly vermilion t)r carmine red. Lateral tail-feathers, including their tips, white. Sexes similar. Entirely lustrous black, including head and neck. No vertex spot. A white patch on the wings .......... Plumbeous-ash, including head and neck. A chestnut-brown vertex No white on wings picta. mhiiata.' Setophaga ruticilla, Swains. AMERICAN SEDSTABT. Motacil
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