532 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



cc. Alxlomen buffy or pal(> cinnamon; wing-bands darker (pale tawny or cinna- 

 momeous) and broader. 

 d. Abdomen buffy. 



e. Above darker and browner, th(» j)il('uni uniform dusky olive. 



Blacicus pallidus. young (p. 537) 

 ee. Al)ove lighter and less brownish, the pileum squamated with pale 



buffy Blacicus blancoi. young (p. 538) 



dd. Abdomen pale cinnamon Blacicus brunneicapillus, young (p. 539) 



bb. Upper tailcoverts and feathers of rump uniform dusky olive (clove brown) lik(> 

 rest of upper parts; abdomen> primrose yellow. (Island of Grenada, Lesser 

 Antilles.) Blacicus flaviventris, young « (p. 540) 



BLACICUS BAHAMENSIS (Bryant). 

 BAHAMA WOOD PEWEE. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Above plain olivaceous-gray or grayish olive, 

 the pileum and hindneck slightly darker, the former with feathers 

 very slightly darker mesially or centrally; tail deep brownish gray 

 or grayish brown, tlie outer webs of rectrices passing into lighter 

 brownish gray on edges, the outer web of lateral rectrix more or less 

 paler, sometimes whitish along edge; wings dusky with grayish 

 olive or olive-grayish edgings, the middle and greater coverts tipped 

 or terminally margined with pale grayish (sometimes approaching 

 dull grayish white on tips of greater coverts), the secondaries edged 

 (except basally) with pale grayish or grayish white ; lores and orbital 

 ring (the latter interrupted on upper eyelid) dull white, or grayish 

 white, the former more or less intermixed w^th dusk}- rest of sides 

 of head and neck similar in color to back, etc., but slightly paler, 

 gradually fading into dull yellowish white on chin and throat; under 

 parts dull yellowish white, more strongly tinged with yellowish on 

 abdomen, the sides of chest, sides, and flanks pale olive-grayish, 

 the median portion of chest tinged with the same; axillars and under 

 wing-coverts pale brownish buff or dull bufi'y whitish; maxilla 

 dusky brown or brownish black, mandible pale, sometimes more 

 or less dusky terminally; iris brown; legs and feet dusky brown. 



Young. — Much like adults, but color of upper parts more sooty, 

 the feathers narrowly tipped with pale brownish or pale brownish 

 buffy; middle and greater wing-coverts tipped with brownish buffy 

 (forming two distinct narrow bands), the secondaries edged with 

 same; chin and throat ])ale grayish, deepening into darker brownish 

 gray on chest and sides of breast, the latter indistinctly spotted or 

 clouded with brownish; rest cf under parts very pale brownish 

 buffy. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 132-147 (140) ; wing, 69-74 (71.9) ; tail, 

 60-64.5 (62.6); exposed culmen, 15-16 (15.4); tarsus, 15-16.5 (15.8); 

 middle toe, 8.5-9 (8.8).^ 



o The adult of B. flaviventris is unknown. b Seven specimens. 



