BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 677 



Bill about as loiio; as head, moderately depressed and rather broad 

 basally (its widtli at posterior end of nostrils eqnal to more than half 

 the distance from nostril to ti|) of maxilla and one and a half times its 

 depth at same ])oint), rather ])r()adly wedf^e-shaped in vertical profile, 

 with lateral outlines straight and converging uniformly to the non- 

 constricted tip; ex])osed culmen longer than tarsus, distinctly ridged, 

 straight for more than basal half, the terminal portion first gently 

 then strongly decurved, the tip of maxilla distincth^ imcinate; gonys 

 very nearly to more than twice as long as manchbular rami, faintly 

 convex, ascending terminally, rather prominent l)asally; maxillary 

 tomium nearly straight, distinctly notched sul)terminally. Nostril 

 exposed, longitudinally broadly oval or roundish, margined above by 

 narrow membrane. Rictal bristles strongly developed, with distinct 

 lateral barbules on basal portion; feathers of chin with long, recurved 

 bristly points, those of latero-frontal antiae conspicuously bristly, 

 arching over nostril, and those of malar antia^ conspicuoush' bristly, 

 antrorse, or semierect. Wing moderate, rounded, the longest pri- 

 maries exceeding distal secondaries by length of tarsus, or more; 

 eighth or seventh and eightli primaries longest, ninth equal to or 

 longer than sixth (sometimes longer than seventh), the tenth (outer- 

 most) longer than fourth. Tail decidedly to much more than four- 

 fifths as long as wing (decidedh^ longer than distance from bend of 

 wing to end of distal secondaries), decidedly rounded, the rectrices 

 broadly rounded at tip. Tarsus shorter than middle toe with claw, 

 one-fifth to more than one-fifth as long as wing, its scutellation exas- 

 pidean, but the outer portion of the acrotarsium sometimes broken 

 up along the posterior margin of the tarsus into a more or less distinct 

 separate series of smaller scutella; basal phalanx of middle toe united 

 to outer toe b}^ its l^asal half {T. hahamensis, T. caudifasciatus) or 

 more than its basal half {T. taylori), to inner toe for much less than its 

 basal half; outer toe, without claw, reaching to or beyond middle of 

 subterminal phalanx of middle toe, the inner toe decidedly sliorter; 

 hallux shorter than inner toe, decidedly stouter, its claw shorter than 

 the digit; all the claws rather large, moderately to strongly ciu'ved, 

 sharp. 



Coloration. — Above plain gray or grayish brown, the ])il('um and 

 sides of head much darker (sometimes blackish), the wings dusky 

 with pale grayish or whitish edgings, the tail grayish brown or dusky 

 with or without pale grayish or white tip and abrupt white base to 

 inner webs; under parts white or grayish white, usualh" shaded with 

 pale gray on chest and sometimes tinged with pale yellow ])osteriorly; 

 adults with a concealed patch of orange, yellow, or tawny on crown. 



Nidification. — Nest (of T. jainaicensis) ''a loose basket of dry stems 

 of yam, and tendrils of passion-flower, lined with a slight cup of horse- 

 hair and fibers from palmetto-leaves," Eggs '*of a drab hue or 



