128 Cory on Ihe Birds of the West Indies. 



Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). 



Miiscicapa crinita Linn. Sjst. Nat. I, p. 325 (1766). 



Aiyiarclius crinitus Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 479 (Cuba). — GuNDL. Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, L p. 239 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S72, p. 426 (Cuba). 



— CouES, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1872,'p. 63 (Cuba). 

 Tyr annus crinitus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) 



(Cuba). 

 Accidental to Cuba. 



Genus Blacicus Caban. 



Blacicus Cabanis, J. f. O. 18S5, p. 480. 



Blacicus barbirostris (Swains.). 



Tyrannula harbirosiris Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 367. 



Myiobius tristis Gossk, Bds. Jam. p. 167 (1847). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, 



p. 199. 

 Blacicus tristis Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 4S0.— ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 324 



(1862). — March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1863, p. 290. — Gray, 



Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1869). 

 Blacicus barbirostris, ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 85. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — A. «& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 



108 (i88i).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1SS5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head dark brown; pale brownish olive on 

 the back; a faint tinge of rufous on the upper tail-coverts; throat 

 gray ; rest of underparts pale yellow ; wings and tail dark brown ; the 

 secondaries and tail-feathers with pale edgings. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 5.75; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .55. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Blacicus caribaeus (D'Orb.). 



Muscipeta caribaa D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 92 

 (1840). — GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 316 (1852). 



Blacicus caribceus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — 

 GuNDL. Repert Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 240(1865) ; ib. |. f. O. 1S72, 

 p. 426. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1S69). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1SS5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of head brownish olive, the feathers showing a 

 narrow streak of dark brown on the shafts, lest of upper plumage 

 dull olive; throat gray, with a foint tinge of yellowish near the 



