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greenish olive, the shafts brown, the outer two feathers narrowly margined 

 on their inner wel>s with pale yellow ; quills dark umber brown, edged with 

 olive green ; sides of the head, throat and upper part of the breast dull ful- 

 vous ash ; breast and abdomen pale fulvous ; sides olive green ; under lining 

 of wings, inner edges of quills and under tail coverts pale yellow; upper 

 mandible light hazel brown, the under whitish ; tarsi and toes pale yellowish 

 brown. 



The first primary is of an inch long, or about half the length of the fourth, 

 which is the longest ; the tail feathers are relatively long, quite narrow and 

 pointed at their ends ; bill rather short. Length 4^ in.; wing 2 ; tail If; 

 billf ; tarsi Ii. 



Habitat. Venezuela. Collected by S. C. Nash, 



In its narrow pointed tail feathers it appears to differ from all others that 

 I have seen. 



3. Myiarchus venezuelensis. 



Plumage above of a dark olivaceous brown, darker on the crown ; tail dark 

 umber brown, the outer feather with the outer web dull white, tinged with 

 brownish next the shaft ; the other tail feathers have a narrow edging of bright 

 rufous on their outer webs, the extreme ends of all dull white ; quill feathers 

 dark umber brown, the primaries with a very narrow margining of pale 

 rufous, the secondaries and tertiaries edged with white ; the wing coverts 

 dark brown with margins of soiled white ; under wing coverts pale yellow, 

 inner edges of quills pale buffy white ; throat, upper part and sides of breast 

 bluish grey, sides under the wings slightly olivaceous ; abdomen and under 

 tail coverts very pale yellow, a little brighter only in the middle of the former ; 

 bill and feet black. Fourth quill slightly the longest, first and ninth equal. 

 Length 7| in. ; wing 3^ ; tail 3 ; bill II ; tarsi j. 



Hnbitat. Venezuela. Collected by S. C. Nash. 



This species is closely related to my M. Panamensis ; it is a little smaller, 

 darker and more brown above, and the yellow of the under parts paler ; it 

 differs also in the bright rufous margins on the tail feathers, in the whiter 

 edges of the wing coverts and smaller quill feathers, and in having the feet 

 black ; it is likewise more grey on the breast. 



Note. The typical specimen of M. Panamensis was not in very good con- 

 dition, the feathers of the wings and tail being somewhat worn ; since descri- 

 bing it I have received specimens in perfect plumage, which enable me to note 

 some differences as follows : the color of the back is olive green ; the throat 

 is of a lighter grey than in the type, and the sides of the breast are olive 

 green ; the edges of the tail feathers are dull olive with a slight sandy tinge 

 at the base, in the type from their worn and rusty appearance I described 

 them as edged with pale rufous, this edging, however, is slight and not at all 

 of marked character ; the outer web of the lateral feather is pale ashy brown : 

 the bill is dark brown, lighter underneath ; the tarsi, though at first sight 

 appearing black, have a tinge of dark reddish or vinous color ; this I find to 

 be their color also in the type. These differences are probably owing to the 

 season when killed. 



The irides are stated by Mr. Galbraith to be brown. The sexes are alike in 

 plumage. 



4. Chalybuka .eneicauda. 



Mule. Plumage above and below shining dark green, the head, throat and 

 neck of a golden tinge, deepening to reddish orange on the front, chin and 

 throat ; upper tail coverts reddish or coppery bronze ; two middle tail feath- 

 ers coppery bronze (not so bright as the tail coverts), the other tail feathers 

 deep steel blue, all except the outer one margined with the same bronze color 

 as the central ones, decreasing in extent from the central feathers ; wings 

 brownish purple ; under tail coverts white ; bill black ; feet blackish brown, 

 the toes underneath pale yellow. 



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