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2. C. pertinax. '^ing more than 3.50. Grayish-olive, becoming lighter 

 on the throat (indistinctly) and abdomen (decidedly). No distinct 

 light bands on the wing. Rictal bristles about half the length of bill. 



The olive of a grayish cast, and not darker on the crown. Wing, 

 4.45; tail, 3.90; depth of its fork, .35; culmen, .92; tarsus, .70. 

 Hab. Mexico, generally north into Arizona (Fort Whipple, Coues). 



var. ;) er ti n a x 



The olive of a sooty cast, and darker on the crown. Wing, 3.(J0 ; 

 tail, 3.10 ; its fork, .20 ; culmen, .83 ; tarsus, .01. Hah. Costa 

 Rica .......... var. Ixigxihris} 



3. C. bracliytarsus. Wing less than 3.00; colors much as in ^jertnax, 

 var. pertinax, but wing-bands distinct, breast less grayish, and pileum 

 decidedly darker than the back. Rictal bristles two thirds as long as 

 the bill. 



Wing, 2.G5 ; tail, 2.55; culmen, .60 ; tarsus, .53. Hah. Panama. 



var. hr achy tar sus? 

 Wing, 2.90 ; tail, 2.55 ; culmen, .67 ; tarsus, .53. Hab. Yucatan. 



var. schotti.^ 

 b. First primary shorter than the sixth. Tail variable. 



4. C. caribceus. Bill much depressed, very long and broad, the sides 

 more nearly parallel on the basal than on the terminal half; rictal bristles 

 very strong (two thirds, or more, the length of the bill). Above 

 olivaceous, generally rather dark, but varying in tint. Beneath whitish, 

 or dull light-ochraceous, more brownish along the sides and (more 

 faintly) across the breast. Axillars and lining of the wing deep light- 

 ochraceous. 



Tail longer than wings ; bill moderately depressed ; rictal bristles 

 three fourths as long as the bill. 



Dark greenish-olive above ; beneath dingy ochrey-yellowish. 

 Wing, 2.80 ; tail, 2.90 ; culmen, .78 ; tarsus, .58. Hab. Cuba. 



var. caribceu ;; .' 

 Dark ohve-gray above ; beneath whitish, with scarcely any 

 yellowisli tinge. Wmg, 3.00 ; tail, 3.05 ; cuhnen, .70 ; tarsus, 



.59. Hab. Hayti var. hispaniolensia.'- 



Brownish-olive above ; beneath deep dingy ochrey-yellowish. 

 Wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.90 ; culmen, .66 ; tarsus, .56. Hab. Ja- 

 maica ........ var. 2^ all id U.S.'' 



Tail shorter than wing ; bill excessively depressed ; rictal bristles 

 only one half as long as the bill. 



1 Contoptis lugubris, Lawr. Ann. N^. Y. Lye. VIII, 1865, 134 (Costa Eica, Baranca). 



* Contojms brachtjlarsus, ScLATER, Cat. Am. B. 1S62, 231. (^Empidonax brachyt. ScL. Ibis, 

 1859, p. 441.) A strongly marked race, but distinguishable from schotti only by just apprecia- 

 ble dilFerences in color (being pak-r beneath), and shorter wing and bill, the latter broader at 

 the tip. 



' Contopus {brachytarstis var. ?), var. schotti, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. IX, 1869, 202 (Yucatan). 

 Very nearly related to C riclmrdsoni, but easily distinguisln-d liy the very different proportions. 



* CoHlopus caribaiiis (D'Orb.) Muscipcta caribcca, D'Orb. (R. de la Sagra), Hist. Cuba, 1839, 77. 

 ' Cojitopu-s caribcciis, var. hispanioleiisis, Bryant. Tyrannula caribcca, var. hispaniolcnsis, 



Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soe. XI, 1866, 91. 



° CoiUopus caribociis, var. pallidus (GossF.). Myiohius pallidus, Gosse, Birds Jam. 166. 

 Blaciciis pallidas, ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, 77. CmUopus p. ScL. Catal. Am. B. 1862, 231. —March, 

 Pr. Ph. A. N. So. 1863, 290. 



