636 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



MYIARCHUS SAGRyE SAGR^ (Gundlach). 

 LA SAGRA'S FLYCATCHER. 



Adults (sexes alike) . — Pileum deep sooty brown ; rest of upper parts 

 deep olive, somewhat grayer on hindneck, the upper tail -coverts 

 more grayish brown (hair brown) ; tail dark grayish brown, the outer 

 webs of rectrices passing into light olive on edges, the outer web 

 of lateral rectrix edged with paler grayish brown or dull whitish; 

 inner webs of rectrices (except middle and lateral pairs — sometimes 

 the latter also) broadly edged with cinnamon-rufous, this occupying 

 less than half the width of the web; wings dusky, the middle and 

 greater coverts tipped with pale grayish olive and margined termi- 

 nally with paler (dull whitish) , the secondaries edged (except basally) 

 with dull whitish or yellowish white (most broadly on the innermost 

 ones), the primaries and greater coverts narrowly edged with pale 

 grayish brown, this more or less tinged wdth rusty brown on inner 

 secondaries; auricular region sooty, like pileum; sides of neck deep 

 olive-gray; lores mixed pale grayish and sooty; malar region, 

 chin, throat, chest, and sides of breast very pale gray (almost gray- 

 ish white on chin and throat), passing into yellowish white or very 

 pale primrose yellow on middle of breast, abdomen, flanks, and 

 under tail-coverts; axillars and under wing-coverts pale primrose yel- 

 low; inner webs of remiges edged with pale cinnamon-buff; bill 

 black, the mandible sometimes brownish basally; legs and feet black. 



Young. — Essentially like adults, but pale wing-markings tinged 

 with rusty or cinnamon-buffy, general color of upper parts browner 

 (grayish brown), outer webs of rectrices edged with cinnamon, and 

 cinnamon of inner webs broader. 



Adult male. —hength (skins), 156-180 (171); wing, 81-85.5 (83.9); 

 tail, 70-80.5 (78.3); exposed culmen, 18-20.5 (19.3); tarsus, 19.5-21 

 (20.2); middle toe, 11-13 (11.9).« 



Adult female.— hength (skins), 163-171 (166); wing, 76-83 (80.2); 

 tail, 71.5-79 (75.9); exposed culmen, 17.5-20 (18.2); tarsus, 19-20.5 

 (19.8); middle toe, 11-12 (11.2). «> 



(^ Fifteen specimens. 

 b Ten specimens. 



