PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 156. PERISOEEUS CANADENSIS NIGEICAPILLUS.Ch.?Similar to P. canadensis fumifrons in darkuessof coloration, butforehead, lores, chin, throat, and sides ofneck distinctly white, in markedand abrupt contrast with the dark color of adjacent parts ; crown, occi-put, and upper part of auricular region decidedly black, with little or noadmixture of slaty anteriorly. Differing from true canadensis in muchdarker coloration throughout, much blacker crown, black auriculars,less extensive white area on forehead, and more marked contrast of thewhite portions of head and neck, with adjacent darker colors.$ adult : (No. 85950, U. S. Nat. Mus. Labrador, Apr. 2, 1880; " Schnei-der"; presented by Dr. L. Stejneger.) Whole forehead (back to about
.75 of an inch from the anterior points of the nasal tufts), lores, malarregion, chin, throat, and sides of neck soiled white, many of the feathersof the chin and throat having black shafts; crown and occiput, withupi)er and posterior j^ortions of auricular region, deep black, somewhatmixed with slaty anteriorly and posteriorly. Upper parts dark dull slate,lighter and more grayish on the nape, and changing to plumbeous onthe secondaries and tail-feathers, all of which are narrowly bordered at
.ends with white, which is about .25 of an inch wide on lateral rectrices;X^rimaries edged with grayish white beyond their sinuations. Lowerparts dark bi'ownish gray, quite abrupth^ defined against the soiledwhite of the jugulum. Bill and leet deep black. Wing, 5.40; the pri-maries 1.10 longer than secondaries; tail, 5.30, its gradation only .75;culmen, .85 ; tarsus, 1.40 ; middle toe, .05.It is only after very careful comparison with numerous specimens ofthe true P. canadensis from Maine, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Min-nesota, and various localities in the interior of British America, and ofan even larger series of P. canadensis fumifrons from Alaska, that I haveconcluded to base a new geographical race of this species upon thesingle specimen described above. That I am fully justified in doingso is evident from the fact that not one specimen among nearly 100 adultbirds of this genus resembles very closely the specimen in question. Inall probability the form to which the present specimen belongs inhabitsthe coast -district of Labrador, and would thus represent on the- Atlanticside the littoral race of Alaska, called P. canadensis fumifrons.
SYIVOPSIS OF THE WKST IIVUBAIV MYAWESTES.By I.E01VHARD STEJIVEGER.Having had occasion to examine the various species of Myadestes* inconnection with a study of the genera of Turdidie, certain differences inthe wing-structure among species of the West Indian group, typified by
* So tlie name is origiuallj' spelt by Swaixson, and as /.ivain found besides /nultx, Ihave preferred the older form to Agassiz's restoration.
16 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.M. fjcniharhis Swains., led me into a further examination of the speciesof this section of the genus, with the aid of additional material. Theinspection of the fine series of specimens, which, through the kindnessof the authorities of the U. S. National Museum, I have been enabledto bring together, has resulted in a discovery of such interesting rela-tionships between the forms in question, that I have concluded to putmy notes into the shape of a monograph of all the West Indian species.The National Museum collection, while i)robably more comi>lete thanany other, is still lacking in specimens from a large number of the WestIndian Islands.t Mr. George N. Lawrence, of New York City, haskindly placed at my disposal his entire collection of species of this genus.Mr. J. A. Allen, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge,Mass., has loaned me seven specimens from the island of Sta. Lucia,while Mr. C. B. Cory, of Boston, has generously put in my hands theunique type of his M. montanus, from Haiti. These, together with thecollection of the National Museum, make a series of 35 specimens, whichrepresent very satisfactorily all the forms herein described, with theexception of M. montanus.I desire to express my obligations to my friend Egbert Eidgwayfor the kindness with which he has rendered me assistance in the preparation of these pages.Washington, D. C, February 10, 1882.SYNOPSIS OP THE SPECIES.a'. Throat and crissum orange-brown, abruptly definetl ; breast slaty blue, a jiatcli ofwhite on under eyelid,t'. Uf)per parts sooty black, back and breast difierent in color.1. M. sihilans Lawii.6^. Upper parts slaty blue; back and breast of the same color,ci. Legs light yellow; no yellow armilla on tibia.d^. Ears streaked with white ; a white, or white and brown stripe alonglower part of cheeks, bordered beneath by a blackish line,e'. Chin of same color as throat, not white ; whole abdomen like thocrissum.2. M. genibarhis Swains.e^. Chin white, abruptly defined ; upper abdomen like the breast./'. Only the fore half of the malar stripe white, the hind partbrown ; tail-feathers not shorter than wing,3. M. sancioc-lucioi Stejneger./-. Almost the whole malar strijie white, only a few feathers atthe lower end tinged with brown ; tail feathers not longerthan wing.
,4. M. (iomjmJcawus Stejneger.
t Of the West Indian Islands inhabited by a species of Myadcutcs, but from whichthe National Museum possesses no specimens, are St. Domingo and Sta. Lucia. Nospecies are known to occur upon the islands of Porto Rico, Guadeloupe, or Grenada,but as these islands are mountainous and resemble in other jihysical features thoseupon which species of Myadcstcs are kuown to occur, it is altogether probable thateach one of these also possesses its peculiar sjiecies of the genus.
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?id . Ears blackish, not streaked ; extreme ijoint of base of lower mandiblewitb an almost inappreciable white or brown spot.c'. Whole chin, and the spot on the malar apex brown.5. M. montamis Cory.e^. Extreme point of chin, and malar apex, each with a white spot.6. M. solitarius Baird.? c^. Legs brown ; a yellow armilla round lower end of tibia.?7. M. armillatus (Vieill.).a*. Whole under surface unifoi-m whitish ; a white ring round the eye.8. if. eZisrtZ)e</i (Lemb.).1. MYADESTES SIBILANS Lawr.[Plate II, Fig. 6.]1847.
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rtUoyonys armillatus Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, p. 198 (nee Vieill.) (imrf).1878. Myiadestes sibilans Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sc. I, p. 148 ; Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.1878, p. 188.
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Ober, Camps in the Caribbees (p. 199).?Lister, Ibis, 1880, p.39.U. S. Nat. Mus. Ko. 74002 ( i ad. St. Vincent, Nov. 3, 1877.?F. A.Ober).First primary about half the 2d, not falcate ; 2d shorter than 7th,normal in shape ; 3d, 4th, 5th, and Cth longest; tail much shorter thanwing, and double rounded; 3d and 4th pairs the longest.Above smoky black, forehead, crown, nape and sides of head moreintense ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more slaty, with a dis-tinct tinge of olivaceous. Chin and the upper third of the malar stripewhite, as also the lower eyelid, and a narrow stripe along the shaft of eachear-covert ; throat and the lower two-thirds of the malar stripe brightorange-rufous, a well defined black line separating the malar stripe fromthe throat ; breast, upper part of abdomen, and flanks clear ash-gray,many feathers, especially on the flanks, edged with rufous, remainingunderparts of the same color as the throat, only a little paler; tibiagray, each feather tipped with rufous. Wings black with the edge, and alarge patch at the base on the inner web ofeach of the six inner primaries,pure white, on the three innermost primaries also extending on to theoutre web, and thus forming a very distinct white speculum; base ofouter web of the inner secondaries dark ash forming an obscure band ;the innermost secondaries with a narrow edge of faint olivaceous ; underwing coverts and axillars whitish gray, several feathers being edged ortipped with rufous. The innermost pair of tail-feathers grayish-blackat the base, becoming pure and deep black towards the tip ; the follow-ing three jjairs uniform black ; the fifth pair has a large wedge-shapedwhite spot on the inner web along the outer two-thirds of the shaft, outerweb also tipped with white; on the outermost pair the white spotextends further tow^ards the base, only leaving a small portion at thebase of both webs black, the terminal third of the outer web being duskyash. Bill black; legs clear pale yellow, claws horny brown. "Irisbright hazel" (Lawr. 1. c).As to the dimensions see the table below.Another male {ISfo. 74065, U. 8. Nat. Mus.) has an irregular whiteProc. Nat. Mus, 82 2 June 5, 18 83,
18 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.spot at the tip of the third of the tail-feather from the outside, which isnot to be found in any of the other specimens examined.The 9 does not differ from the <? either in color or size.Table of dimensions.
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U.S.Nat.M.DoDoLawrence...Do 740617406274065 r. Ober...do......do......do......do... St. Vincent...do...do...do...do ? ad.d ad.d" ad.d ad.? ad. Nov. 1, 1877Nov. 3, 1877Nov. 9, 1877Nov. 1, 1877Nov. 1, 1877Average measurements of the above five specimensHab.?St. Vincent. Mr. F. A. Ober states (Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.1878, p. 188) that this bird "is an inhabitant of all the high ridges con-taining deep woods and ravines." He procured several specimens fromthe top of the volcan Souffricre (about 3,000' from the sea) and onefrom " High Woods, Sandy Bay, Carib Country." Lister met with itin every part of the high woods that he explored.Eemarks.?Strangely enough, the "Souff'riere Bird" is the most dis-tinct and remote species of the whole rufous-throated group, althoughthe distance between St. Vincent aad Sta. Lucia is not greater thanbetween Martinique and Dominica, not to mention the forms of St.Domingo and Jamaica, which, in spite of their remote habitat, are morenearly related to the Sta. Lucia bird than the St. Vincent species is.If. sihilans is easily distinguished by its proportionately shorter tailand longer tarsus, the normal second primary, the black color of theupper surface, and the white si>eculum on the wing. Besides, therufous color on the under surface is mixed with orange, and totallydifferent from the brownish tint of the other species.2. MYADESTES GENIBAEBIS Swains.[Plate II, Fig. 3.]?1818.
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Muscicapa armillata Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi, p. 448 (juv., nee 1807).1837.?Myadestes genibarUs Swains. Nat. Libr., XIII Ornith. Flycatcli., p. 134, pi.13.?Baird, Eev. N. A. Birds, I, 1866, p. 423.?Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus.1878, p. 352.U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 75136 ( J ad. Martinique., July, 1877, E. A. Ober).Second primary about two and a halftimes the 1st, which is attenuated,but notfidcate; 2d also attenuated towards the tip, but not sinuated;3d normal ; 2d equal to the 8th 5 3d shorter than 6th ; 4th, 5th, and 6th
PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 19largest. Tail considerably graduated and less emarginated, the middlepair being equal to the 2d pair from the outside ; tail-feathers a littleshorter than wing.Upper surface pure slaty-plumbeons, forehead slightly washed witholivaceous; lores black; also a stripe below the white patch on the undereyelid, assuming the color of the back on the ear-coverts, each featherof which and the above-mentioned stripe having a narrow, well-definedwhite central streak behind, very faintly washed with brownish. Fromthe base of lower mandible a well-defined malar stripe runs backwards,the anterior third of which is white, while the lower two-thirds have thecolor of the throat, from which the malar stripe is separated by a narrow,but distinct, black stripe, reaching close to the lower edge of the mandi-ble. Throat and chin chestnut-rufous, the white bases of the featherson the latter showing somewhat through. Breast and upper sides ofabdomen lighter than the back, almost clear ash-gray, becoming gradu-ally lighter towards the abdomen ; remaining underparts of the samecolor as the throat, only somewhat paler, and assuming a faint oliva-ceous shade on the upper abdomen ; tibia like the back, a few feath-ers being tipped with rufous. Wings blackish, with pale edges onthe primaries and two ash-gray bars across the secondaries, leavingbetween them a deep black patch; wing-coverts, except the primarycoverts, broadly edged with gray like the baclv ; innermost secondariesalmost entirely so ; inner web of the quills white at the base, forming abroad bar on the under surface of the wing ; edge of wing grayish white.Middle tail-feathers uniform slate-gray ; the following pairs black, thethree outmost with a wedge-shaped white spot on the inner web at theend, making on the innermost only one-fifth of the length of the quill,on the middle one about one-half, and on the outerinost about two-thirds,the outer webs being light slate-gray for the same extent from the tip.Bill black ; legs pale brownish yellow.The female seem to differ from the male in having the gray color ofthe breast less pure, this part being somewhat suffused with rufous-olive.A young bird in the collection of Mr. Geo. N. Lawrence {Martinique,July, 1877, F. A. Ober), which has begun to assume the adult plumage,has the underparts dull orange-rufous, each feather with blackish edges,except on the throat and under tail- coverts, which are almost unicolor;upper parts and small wing-coverts much darker, with small rufousspots before the black terminal edge; greater and middle wing-covertsedged at the tip with rufous. Wing-feathers elsewhere and tail almostidentical with the same parts in the adults.
20 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.Table of dimensions.
PKOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 213cT, 4tli, 5tli and Gtli longest. Tail as in M. geniharhis; tail-featherseqnal to or a little longer than the wing.Whole upper parts slaty plumbeous with a conspicuous olivaceouswash, becoming more intense on the lower back, but lacking on therump and upper tail-coverts. The pattern of the head that of M. (jeni-harhis, except that the black stripe below the eye extends further backon the auriculars, and that the white part of the malar stripe occupiesthe forward half. Chin pure white, this color abruptly defined againstthe throat, which is rufous-chestnut. The remaining underparts likethose of the Martinique bird, except that the gray of the breast ex-tends more backward on the abdomen. Wings and tail also havethe same general appearance as in the above-mentioned species; on thewings, however, the black speculum of the secondaries is more reduced,the adjacent grey cross-bands being broader, and on the tail the whiteis more extended, especially on the outer pair, in which the middle thirdof the outer web is white; besides, the outer webs of the three outermostrectrices are broadly tipped with white, and the following two jwirshave also very distinct white tips. Bill black, feet pale yellow.In none of the seven specimens before me is the sex indicated ; butas they show no differences from the specimen described above, I i^re-sume there is no difference between the male and female.Tahle of dimensions.
22 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.4. MYADESTES DOMIXICAXUS Stejneger.[Platell, Fig. 5.]1876.
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Mi/iadestes genibarbis Lawe. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, p. 53.U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 77801. ( <? ad. Dominica. F. A. Ober.)Second primary two and oue-tliird times the 1st, which is acute andsomewhat falcate ; 2d attenuated, but scarcely sinuated at end, inter-mediate in length between 7th and 8th; 3d equal to (5th, normal; 3d,4th, 5th, and 6th longest. Tail somewhat graduated,* the longestfeathers equal to or a little shorter than the wing.Above slaty plumbeous, with a very faint tinge of olivaceous on headand back ; lores and a narrow stripe above the eyes conspicuously suf-fused with olivaceous ; almost the whole malar stripe whitish, the feathersthe lower end tipped with chestnut; chin white, throat pure chestnut;breast, flanks, and abdomen, except the lower middle part of the latter,ash-gray, duller on the breast, more whitish on the abdomen, and veryfaintly washed with olivaceous, especially on the flanks, where moretinged with rufous ; lower middle of abdomen, crissum, and under tail-coverts chestnut-rufous ; wings and tail as in M. sanctcc-luvia', the lightbasal spot on the outer web of the innermost primaries being very con-spicuous and well defined ; the black speculum on the secondaries larger,and the amount of white on the outer tail feathers rather less than inthat bird ; bill black, feet pale yellow.The 9 differs only in having a stronger wash of olive on the back, asMr. Lawrence has already remarked {I. c).A young 9 in the first plumage, shot the 18th of September by Mr.Ober (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 77803) resembles very much the young birdof M. (jeniharUs from Martinique, but may be easily distinguished bythe deeper tinge of the rufous, by less well-defined edgings on the undersurface, and by the rufous tips of the wing-coverts being larger andbetter defined, forming two very distinct bands across the wing. Be-sides, the tail shows the same differences as in the adults, the 4th and5th pair being tipped with white in the Dominica bird, while thosefeathers are uniform black in the typical M. gcnibarbis.Table of dimensions.
PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 23Hab.?Dominica. " Frequents the most gloomy and solitary mount-ain gorges. . . . Never found below 1,000 feet altitude." (Ober,P. IT. S. N, M., 1878, p. 53.)Remarks.?Compared with the two foregoing forms, the Dominicabird differs in having the throat of a much richer and deeper tint, being-beautiful chestnut without any mixture of rufous ; the rufous of theabdomen and crissum is still more restricted than in ill. santcclucia;, andis also of a deeper shade, agreeing with the color of the throat in thelatter. It also differs from both in having almost the whole of themalar stripe whitish as described above. With the Santa Lucia birdit agrees in having the chin white, and the fourth and fifth pair (count-ing from outside) of the tail-feathers tipped with white, differing in boththese respects from the typical M. geniharhis.In the tint of the throat the Martinique form is exactly intermediatebetween the other two, as might be expected on account of the inter-mediate position of this island between Sta. Lucia and Dominica; butit is a strange fact that the birds from these latter islands agree in otherrespects much better than either of them do with the bird from theisland between them.The three forms here discussed are very closely allied, but as thedifferences mentioned above hold good through the extensive series ofskins which I have been able to examine, I have not hesitated to describethem as separate forms. The singular relation between their mutualresemblances and the situation of the islands in which they occur, haveconvinced me that they, although originally grown out from the sameparent stock, have how become distinct.5. MYADESTES M0:N^TANU!S Cory.[Plate II, Fig. 1.]ISSX.?Myxadestei montanus Cory, Bull. Niitt. Oru. Club, 1881, p. 130.?Id. ibid. p. 151.Mus. C. B. Cory, Boston, Xo. 1253 ( 9 ad., neighhorhood of FortJacques, Haiti. March 3, 1881).Second primary two and two-thirds times the 1st, which is acute andsomewhat falcate, equ,al to the 7th, strongly sinuated and somewhatattenuated at the tip ; 3d longer than theCth, normal; 3d, 4th, and 5thlongest. Tail gratuated and emarginated ; middle pair equal to the2d pair (from outside) ; tail-feathers equal to the wing.Above slaty plumbeous, with a very faint tinge of olivaceous on themiddle of the back; lores, cheeks, and auriculars black, unstreaked;lower eyelid brownish (?) white; chin, throat, and a small patch on themalar apex, rufous-chestnut, or the same color as the throat in M. sanctce-lucice; chin without any white spot ; breast, flanks, and abdomen (exceptthe middle portion of the latter) ash-grey, as light as in M. sibilans,many of the feathers tinged with rufous ; middle and lower abdomen,crissum, and under tail-coverts rufous, exactly like the same parts insanctcelucia3 ; tibia slaty plumbeous without rufous. Wings and tail
24 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.marked as in the allied species, with the exception that the gray on theouter web of the outer tail-feathers is more restricted and lighter inshade ; fourth and fifth pair without white tips. Bill black ; legs yellow
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claws a little more dusky.Total length (fresh) ITT'""^; wing So'^'^f tail feathers 85'""^; tarsus23?'? ; middle toe with claw 20"?"i ; exposed culmen 10?"'.Hab.?Haiti.?The only specimen which is yet known was procuredby Mr. Charles B. Cory in the neighborhood of Fort Jacques, Haiti,He states {I. c.) that it is " an apparently rare species, frequenting thesummits of the highest mountains."EemArks.?This species may be distinguished from the nearly relatedM. solitariits from Jamaica by the absence of the white spot on theextreme chin angle, and by having the malar spot rufous instead ofwhite. The color of the throat is less chestnut, being considerablymixed with rufous ; the gray color of the breast and upper abdomen ismuch clearer and more mixed with rufous ; the rufous on the abdomenand crissum extends farther' forward on the former, and is much lighterthan in the Jamaican bird. Besides, the species under considerationseems to be of smaller size.Although only the one specimen has been examined, I have verylittle doubt that the species will prove to be well founded. The in-dividual variation among these birds seems to be very limited, andthe differences, pointed out above, are trenchant enough to make thetwo forms readily distinguishable.G. MYADESTES SOLITARIUS Baird.[Plate II, Fig. 2.]IB'kl.?PlUogonijs armilattus Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, p. 198, cfr. VIII (hcc Yieill.).
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SCLATER, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lontl. 1861 (p. 73).?{Myiade8tes) March, Proc.Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. 186:^, p. 294.1866.
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Myiadestes soUtarius Baird, Rev. Amer. Birds, I, p. 421.
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(Myiadectes) A. and E.Newtoa, Handb. of Jamaica for 1881, p. 107.U. S. Kat. Mus. Kg. 30285 (^ ad., Port Royal MoKntains, Jamaica,March, 18G3. W. T. March).Second primary about two and two-thirds times the 1st, which is acute,and very falcate,* considerably shorter than 7th, sinnated and somewhatattenuated at end; 3d shorter than 6th, conspicuously attenuatedtoward the tip; 4th, 5th and 6th longest. Tail graduated, and slightlyemarginated, middle pair being equal to the 3d i)air from outside ; longesttail-feathers about equal to the wing.Upper surftice pure slaty plumbeous, without any olivaceous wash,except on the forehead; lower cheeks and auriculars black, graduatinginto the plumbeous of the neck on the latter, the auriculars unstreaked;a large patch on lower eyelid, and a smaller one on malar apex, and onthe extreme point of the chin-angle, white; chin and throat i)ure chest-nut, exactly as in M. dominicanus ; breast, flanks, and abdomen pure slaty
* More so than in the other 6 specimens, which I have had opportunity to examine.
PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.plumbeous on tlie upper breast, almost of the same shade as the baclv,but beeomiug much lighter ou the lower parts towards the belly ; analregion, crissum and under tail-coverts rufous-chestnut; tibiie like theback. Wings and tail as in the foregoing species, the edge of the wingbeing purer white.t Bill black, legs yellow, claws blackish brown.The females seem not to differ materially from the males.Mr. GossE states that the irides are hazel, or dull orange.
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26 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.known forms, and in view of the peculiarity in their geographical dis-tribution, that each of the mountainous islands has its own distinctspecies, it seems very improbable that another form is still to be foundin St. Domingo. The most perplexing features of Vieillot's bird arethe brown feet and the beautiful yellow bracelet on the lower part ofthe tibia, and I am inclined to indorse the view of Mr. Robert Eidg-WAY, that it is one of the known species,* poorly described, from aspecimen supplied with legs and feet belonging to a quite different bird.The strong scutellation of the tarsus, as shown in the plate, seems toindicate that this suspicion is well founded. On the other hand, itshould not be overlooked that M. sibilans has the tibiiP colored some-what like the bird in question, and that the West-Indian islands are notyet so satisfactorily explored that anything can be said with certainty.I therefore here reprint Professor Baird's translation (1. c.) of Vieil-lot's description of the adult
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" Bill blackish ; a white spot on the sides of the throat, and at itsorigin (the chin) immediately below the lower mandible (the two con-tinuous) ; the eye surrounded by the same color. Head, back, rump,two intermediate tail-feathers, and the breast of a grayish-slate, palerbelow. Wing and tail feathers blackish, bordered externally by gray,the three lateral on each side of the tail more or less white. Belly andhinder parts brownish rufous ; a beautiful yellow in form of a braceleton the feathers of lower part of leg ; feet brown ; length, G inches, 3lines." ViEiLLOT, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 69.8. MYADESTES ELISABETH (Lemb.).ISDO.?Mnscicapa elisabeth Lembeye, Aves de Cuba, p. 39, tab. 5, fig. 3.18oG.?Mytadestefi elisabeth Cabanis, Jour. f. Ornith. 1856, p. 2.?Gundlach, ibid.1861, p. 328; 1872, p. 428.?Id. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1858 (p. 271). Extr. p. 5.?Id. Repert. Fis.-Nat. de Cuba, I, 1865-66, p. 240.?Id. Ornith. Cuban.Auales 1873, p. 79.?Baird, Rev. Amer. Birds, I (1866), p. 425,l8:J9.?Miii(Hlesfcs elisahethtc Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 110.?Albrecht, Journ. f. Ornith.1861, p. 209.?ScL. and Salv. Exot. Ornith. (1867) p. 55, pi. xxviii.1873.?iTyJflfZcsfes elisabethcc SCL. and Salv. Nomencl. Neotr. p. 4.The adult bird has so often been described (see the above refer-ences), that I shall give here only a short description of the young.Coll. Lawrence. {$ juv., Cuba. Gundlach.)General color that of the adult. Upper parts more rusty, with asubterminal yellowish spot and terminal blackish edge on each feather,except on the rump, which is uniform ; spots very obsolete on the up-per tail-coverts, where the darker edges are scarcely perceptible; theupper wing-coverts, except the primary coverts, marked like the back.Underparts whitish, with a. faint ochraceous tinge and very obsoletedark edgings ; mustachial stripe hardly recognizable.
* Perhaps M. dotninicanus.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.Fig. 1. Myadeatea montantis Cory.Fig. 2. Myadestea aolUarius Baird.Fig. 3. Myadestes genibarhui Swaiuson.Fig. 4. Myadestea sanctw-lucia; Stejneger.Fig. 5. Myadestea do7ninicanu8 Stejneger.Fig. 6. Myadestea sibilans Lawrence.
Proceedings Nat. Mus. Vol. V, 1882. PLATE 2
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PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. ZiJlA-B.?Cuha. Mr. Gundlach informs us that this species lives ^'iuthe rocky niouutaius of Western Cuba. After the breeding season itfrequents the woods at the foot of the mountains " (J. f. Orn. 1856, p.2), and that he also has observed it in the eastern, but neither in themiddle part of the island nor in the Isla de Pinos, as he has previouslyindicated (J. f. Orn. 1872, p. 429).Table of dimensions.
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