BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 597 



Muscicapa atra (not of Muller, 1776) Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 946 (based on Dusky 

 Flycatcher Pennant, Arct, Zool., ii, 1785, 389).— Nuttall, Man. Om. U. S. 

 andCan.,i, 1832, 278. 



[Muscicapa] pha:be Latham, Index Om., ii, 1790, 489 (new name for Muscicapa 

 atra Gmelin, iJieocciipied). 



Tyrannula phabe Bon at arte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 24. 



Sayorrds phtebe Ste.tneger, Auk, ii, Jan., 1885, 51. — Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 

 254 (notes). — Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 320 (Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1 pair). — Amer- 

 ican Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 456. — Ferrari-Perez, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 154 (Teziutlan, Puebla).— Cory, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 236 (Cuba); Birds West Ind., 1889, 123; Cat. W\-st Ind. Birds, 1892, 109.— 

 Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 192 (Tom Green and Concho counties, w. Texas, 

 breeding). — Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 149-151 (Mississippi Valley 

 localities and migrations). — Thorne, Auk, vi, 1889, 276 (Fort Lyon, Colorado, 

 1 spec, Apr. 20, 1884). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 

 1889, 63 (Tierra Templada, w. slope Morelia, Mexico, etc.). — LooMis, Auk. 

 vii, 1890, 39 (Pickens Co., South Carolina, breeding); viii, 1891, 328 (Caesars 

 Head, South Carolina, breeding). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., v, 1893, 

 36 (San Diego, n. w. Chihuahua, 1 spec, Feb. 24). — Nutting, Bull. Lab. 

 N. II. State L^niv. Iowa, ii, 1893, 272 (lower Saskatchewan, Manitoba, 1 

 spec). — Fleming, Auk, xviii, 1901, 39 (Parry Sound and Muskoka; n. w. 

 Ontario, common). — Cary, Auk, xviii, 1901, 2,34 (Beaver Creek, Black Hills, 

 Wyoming, 1 spec). — Swarth, Condor, iii, 1901, 66 (near San Fernando, Los 

 Angeles Co., California, 1 spec, Feb. 14, 1901). — Coombs, Auk, xix, 1902, 

 203 (St. Marys Parish, Louisiana, l)reeding). — Widmann, Auk, xix, 1902, 234 

 (Emmet Co., Michigan). — Preble, North Am. Fauna, no. 22, 1902, 113 (Nor- 

 way House and Hellgate Gorge, Keewatin, breeding). — Bailey (Florence M.), 

 Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 254; Auk, xxi, 1904, 392 (Pecos R., n. e. New 

 Mexico, near Santa Rosa, breeding). — Currier, Auk, xxi, 1904, 36 (Leech 

 Lake, Minnesota, breeding). 



S[ayornis] phcebe Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 336. — Coues, Key N. Am. 

 Birds, 5th ed., i, 1903, 522. 



[Sayornis] phabe Sharpe. Hand-list, iii, 1901, 136. 



Muscicapa nunciola AVilson, Am. Om., ii, 1810, 78, pi. 13, fig. 4 (Pennsylvania; 

 ex Bartram, p. 289; Peale's Mus., no. 6618). 



M[yiobius] nunciola Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1847, 248. 



[Tyrannula] nunciola Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, ]850, 189. 



Tyrannula nunciola Woobhouse, Rep. Sitgreaves' Exp. Zufii and Colorado R., 

 1853, 74 (Texas; Indian Territory). 



Muscicapa lembeyei Gundlach, Journ. Bost. Soc N. H., vi, pt. iii, 1853, 314 (near 

 Cardenas, Cuba). 



Myiairhus levibeyii Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 306. 



[Aulana.r] lembeyei Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 328. 



Aiilanax lembeyei Gundlach, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 240: Journ. fur 

 Orn., 1872, 427. 



SAYORNIS NIGRICANS NIGRICANS (Swainson). 

 BLACK PHCEBE. 



Adults (sexes alike) . — General color plain dark sooty slate, the head 

 darker (almost black), the back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts brownish slate color; abdomen, anal region, and under tail- 

 coverts white, the last sometimes (in all specimens from central, 

 eastern, and southern Mexico, and some from Lower California) 



