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spot at the tip of the third of the tail-feather from the outside, which is 

 not 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. 



Locality. 



When col- 

 lected. 



U.S.Nat.M. 



Do 



Do 



Lawrence... 



Do 



74061 

 74062 

 74065 



r. Ober 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 

 ...do... 



St. Vincent 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



? ad. 

 d ad. 

 d" ad. 

 d ad. 

 ? ad. 



Nov. 1, 1877 

 Nov. 3, 1877 

 Nov. 9, 1877 

 Nov. 1, 1877 

 Nov. 1, 1877 



Average measurements of the above five specimens 



Hab.— 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 from 

 the top of the volcan Souffricre (about 3,000' from the sea) and one 

 from " High Woods, Sandy Bay, Carib Country." Lister met with it 

 in 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, although 

 the distance between St. Vincent aad Sta. Lucia is not greater than 

 between Martinique and Dominica, not to mention the forms of St. 

 Domingo and Jamaica, which, in spite of their remote habitat, are more 

 nearly related to the Sta. Lucia bird than the St. Vincent species is. 

 If. sihilans is easily distinguished by its proportionately shorter tail 

 and longer tarsus, the normal second primary, the black color of the 

 upper surface, and the white si>eculum on the wing. Besides, the 

 rufous color on the under surface is mixed with orange, and totally 

 different from the brownish tint of the other species. 



2. MYADESTES GENIBAEBIS Swains. 



[Plate II, Fig. 3.] 



?1818. — 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 half times 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 



