BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 755 



[Setophaga] culicivora Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 244, no. 3544. 



Basileutcrus brasieri {not Muse icapa hrasierlGireLud) Sclatek, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1855, 66; 1856, 292 (Cordova, Vera Cruz) ; 1859, 374(Oaxaca); Cat. Am. Birds, 

 1862, 34 (Oaxaca).— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 303 (synom- 

 ymy). — Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 274 (Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala). 



BASILEUTERUS CULICIVORUS BRASHERII (Giraud). 

 BRASHER'S WARBJER. 



Similar to B. c. cKllclvoriM, but color of upper part.s paler and more 

 yellowish g'ray, black lateral stripes of pileum narrower, and under 

 parts slig-htl}^ brighter yellow: averaging- slightly larger. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 117-126 (121.2); wing, OiMkJ ((51, 5); 

 tail, 52-67 (53.0); exposed culmen, *J.5-1().5 (10); tarsus, 11). 5-20 

 (19.9).^ 



Ad\il.t female.— Utw^ (skins), 112-119 (116); wing, 57-58 (57.3); 

 tail, 50.5-51.5 (51); exposed culmen, 9.5-10 (9.8); tarsus, 19-21 (20).' 



Northeastern Mexico, in States of Tamaulipas (Alta Mira; Ciudad 

 Victoria) and San Luis Potosi (Jilitla). 



Muscicapa hrasierii (typographical error'^) Giraud, Sixteen Species Texan Birds, 

 1841, folio 25, pi. 6, fig. 2 ("Texas;" type in U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Sclater, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1855, 66. 



Basileutcrus Jtrasheri Beriek, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, Oct., 1880, 239 (corrects 

 spelling of specific name).'' 



Basileuterus culicivorus (not Sylim culicivora Lichtenstein) Ridgvvay, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 216; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 133.— American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 692, part. — Richmond, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 632 (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas). 



B[asilentcrus] culicivorus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 531, part. 



BASILEUTERUS CULICIVORUS FLAVESCENS ' Ridgway. 

 JALISCO WARBLER. 



Agreeing with J^. c. hra.s/iej'l in lighter and more yellowish gray of 

 back, etc. , deeper yellow of under parts, and in larger size, but upper 

 parts still more strongly washed with olive-j^ellow, black lateral crown- 

 stripes broader (as in B. c. culicivorus)., and yellow of under parts 

 still deeper; differing from both B. c. culicivorus and B. c. hrasheri in 

 having the median crown-stripe almost wholly clear lemon or canar}'^ 

 yellow (the feathers without yellowish olive tips) and the superciliary 

 stripe lighter and more 3xllow. 



Adult male.— Length {skins), 123-125 {12-1); wing, 61-62 (61.5); tail, 

 52-56 (54); exposed culmen, 9.5-10.5 (10); tarsus, 20-20.5 (20.2).' 



' Four specimens. '^ Three specimens. 



•' Sj^ecies named in honor of Mr. Philip Brasher, of Brooklyn, New York. 

 *Type, no. 156147, coll. U. S. Museum (Biological Survey collection), adnlt male, 

 San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mar. 17, 1897; Nelson and Goldman. 

 ^ Two specimens. 



