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Blacicus caribacus Gundlach, Orn. Culi., 1893, 87. 



[Blacicus] caribseus Gundlach, Journ. I'iir Orn., 1861, 328. — Sclater and Salvin, 



Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 53.— Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 15.— Sharpe, 



Hand-list, iii, 1901, 142. 

 Contopus caribpeus Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 



351, footnote. 

 C[ontopus] caribseus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 339. 

 [Pyrocephalns] caribxus Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 363, no. 5538, part. 

 {Contopus caiibsfius] var. caribous Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 



Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 351. 



BLACICUS HISPANIOLENSIS (Bryant). 

 HAITIAN WOOD PEWEE. 



Somewhat like B. caribseus, but much darker above, and whitish 

 orbital ring obsolete; sometimes much more buffy below; slightly 

 smaller. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Pileum and hindneck varying from olive to 

 dark sooty brown (nearly clove brown) ; back, scapulars, and lesser 

 wing-coverts deep olive, passing into slightly lighter olive on rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; tail dark grayish brown, the outer webs of rectrices 

 passing into grayish brown or olive on edges; wings dusky, the middle 

 and greater coverts passing terminally into light grayish brown or 

 olive, the secondaries edged (except basally) with pale olive or dull 

 whitish; sides of head and neck similar in color to back, etc., the lores 

 more or less mixed with dull whitish; chin and throat varying from 

 dull grayish white to dull grayish buffy white; rest of under parts 

 varying from pale yellowish buff to deep brownish buff, the chest and 

 sides strongly shaded with grayish olive, the under tail-coverts pale 

 grayish olive with buffy margins; axillars and under wing-coverts 

 brownish buffy; maxilla dusky brown or brownish black, mandible 

 pale brownish (in dried skins) ; iris brown; legs and feet dusky brown 

 or brownish black. 



Young. — Similar to adults, but general color of upper parts more 

 brownish olive, the feathers margined terminally with pale brownish 

 bufi'y, these terminal margins broader and browner on rump and upper 

 tail-coverts; lesser wing-coverts margined terminally with brownish 

 buff, the middle and greater coverts sharply tipped with the same 

 (forming two distinct narrow bands), the secondaries margined (except 

 basally) with the same; under parts essentially as in adults but chest 

 and sides more or less mottled, clouded, or obsoletely spotted with 

 light olive-brownish. 



Adult maie.— Length (skins), 126-146 (137); wing, 70-76 (73.5); 

 tail, 64.5-70 (66.5); exposed culmen, 14-15 (14.7); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 

 (15); middle toe, 8-9 (8.6).« 



C' Ten specimens. 



