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Soc. Loiul., 1870, ;523 (liidel'atigable L). — Sundevall, Proc. Zool. Sot. Lond., 

 1871, 125 (James and Indefaligal)le islands). — Salvin, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 Loud., ix, pt. ix, 1876, 492 (Indefatigable I.).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xii, 1889, 112 (Indefatigable, Charles, Abingdon, and James islands). — 

 ScLATER, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xiv, 1888, 214, part (Indefatigable, Charles, 

 and Bindloe islands). — Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, 1899, 172 

 (James, Indefatigable, Albemarle, Duncan, Charles, Abingdon, and Bindloe 

 islands; crit.); ix, 1902, 403 (Barrington, Albemarle, Duncan, Indefatigable, 

 and Abingdon islands; habits), 417 (nearly all islands of gn)up except Chat- 

 ham). 



[Pyrocephalas] nanus Sclater and Salvin, Noiu. Av. Neotr., 1873, 51, part. — 

 Shari'e Hand-list, iii, 1901, 134. 



r\yroce phalli s] nanus Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., vi, 1899, 202. 



Pyrocephaliis nanus nanus Snodgrass and Heller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., v, 

 Jan. 28, 1904, 270 (Charles, Indefatigable, Duncan, Jarvis, James, Albemarle, 

 and Narborough islands; crit.; measurements). 



Pyrocephalus carolensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, no. 1007, Nov. 15, 

 1894, 365 (Charles I., Galapagos Archipelago; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Pyrocephalus inlercedens Riugway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, no. 1007, Nov. 15, 

 1894, 366 (Indefatigable I., Galapagos Archipelago; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Pyrocephalus abingdoni Ridgway, Proc. II. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, no. 1007, Nov. 15, 

 1894, 367 (Abingdon I., Galapagos Archipelago; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Pyrocephalus nanus abingdoni Snod(!rass and Heller, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., v, 

 Jan. 28, 1904, 271 (Abingdon and Bindloe islands; crit.; measurements). 



PYROCEPHALUS DUBIUS Gould. 

 PYGMY VERMILION FLYCATCHER. 



Similar to P. nanus, but decidedly .smaller, with relatively smaller 

 feet; adult male with sooty brown of back, etc., rather lighter, and 

 red of under parts decidedly paler (especially on throat and posterior 

 ])arts) ; adult female with under parts entirely buff, and young with 

 under parts pale buff (not yellow). 



Adult male. — Entire pileum bright scarlet, or scarlet- vermilion ; 

 malar region and under parts varying from light geranium red to flesh 

 color, the color usually decidedly paler on throat, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts, sometimes more intense on chest, the chin usually 

 whitish; loral and auricular regions, sides of neck, and entire upper 

 parts (except pileum) deep sooty brown (between sepia and seal 

 brown); bill brownish black, the mandible more brownish basally; 

 iris brown; legs and feet brownish black; length (skins), 109-115 

 (112); wdng, 54-58 (56.3); tail, 45.5-49 (47.7); exposed culmen, 

 11.5-13 (12.4); tarsus, 15.5-17 (16.2); middle toe, 9-10 (9.5). « 



Adult female. — Pileum grayish brown, streaked with dusky and 

 sometimes with buff also, the forehead and a superciliary stripe light 

 buff; a dusky spot on lores at anterior angle of eye; auricular region, 

 sides of neck, hindneck, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, inner second- 

 aries, rump, and upper tail-coverts sooty grayish brown, the middle 



o Five specimens. 



