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REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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(No. 30,285, % .) Wing pointed, but decidedly shorter than the tail ; the 

 1st quill falcate, acute, one-third the longest ; the 2d rather shorter than 7th, 

 sinuated and somewhat attenuated at end ; 5th quill longest. Bill nnich de- 

 pressed ; rictal bristles lengthened. Tail considerably graduated, but slightly 

 emarginated. 



Above clear slaty blue ; rather paler beneath, and lighter towards the belly. 

 Chin and throat, anal region, and crissum dark cinnamon red. Lower eyelid, 

 extreme angle of chin, and small patch on side of lower jaw white ; loral region, 

 and cheeks below eye black. Edge of wing, and patch at base of quills whitish, 

 as seen on inner face of wing ; externally this patch is ashy, followed by the 

 usual blackish bar, and the ashy one beyond that. Lateral tail feather whitish, 

 except base and outer web at end ; the next feather with a long patch at end 

 of inner web, and the tip white ; remaining feathers blackish, the central 

 like back. Bill black; legs yellow. "Irids hazel or dull orange" {Gosse). 



(No. 30,285, % .) Total length, 7.70 ; wing, 3.55 ; tail, 4.20 -graduation, .60 ; 

 emargiuation, .15 ; difference between 10th and longest quills, .80 ; exposed 

 portion of 1st primary, .94, of 2d, 2.30, of longest (5th) (measured from ex- 

 posed base of 1st primary), 2.80; length of bill from forehead, .56, from 

 nostril, .30, along gape, .69 ; tarsiis, .85 ; middle toe and claw, .81, claw alone, 

 .24; hind toe and claw, .55, claw alone, .25. 



In Xo. 38,044 the first quill is much longer (nearly one-half the 

 third), and much attenuated at end ; the second quill also unusually 

 attenuated. (See figure.) 



This species has, by later authors, been identified as the" Musci- 

 capa armillata of Yieillot, although erroneously. Yieillot's species 

 is given in Ois. Am. Sept. as inhabiting "the Antilles," but in 

 Encyclop. Methodique he assigns it to Martinique. The white of 

 chin and side of jaws, the rufous belly, the yellow of legs and the 

 brown feet, with a length of Q^^ inches, as given by Vieiilot, are 

 not to be found in the Jamaican bird. As far as I can determine 

 it has never been named, and I apply to it the name of solitarius, 

 from the account by Gosse of its habits. 



Myiadestes armillatus. 



Muscicapa armillata, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 69, pi. 42 ("An- 

 tilles").— Ib. Nouv. Diet. XXI, 448.— Ib. Encyc. Meth. II, 824 

 ("Martinique").— ?il/j/iac/es<es armillata, Bon. Consp. 1850, 335. 

 Eah. "Martinique." 



