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of breast and sides clear bluish-gray, lower part "of breast, abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts pale yellow; bill and feet black. 



"Length, 8| in. ; wing, 3J ; tail, 3I ; tarsus, \ ; bill from front. 13-16 

 "The female does not differ in plumage from the male." (Lawr. 

 1. c, orig. descr. ) 



Habitat. St. Vincent, Dominica, Santa Lucia, and Grenada. 



Myiarchus sclateri Lawr. 



MyiarcJius sclateri Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 357 (1878).— Cory, 

 List Bds. W. L p. 15 (18S5). 



Sp. Char. Male: — "The upper plumage is deep dark olive, the head above 

 blackish brown. Unfortunately, the only feathers left in the tail are 

 the outer four on one side; the outermost two are dark brown and 

 without rufous edgings on the inner webs; the other two feathers 

 are brownish-black, with their inner webs edged with light rufous 

 for about one-quarter their width; quills dark brown, their inner 

 webs bordered with pale salmon-color; wing-coverts edged with dull 

 white; under wing-coverts light ash, with just a tinge of yellow; 

 throat and breast of a clear cinereous gray; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts dull pale yellow; sides cinereous ; bill and feet black. 



"Length (fresh), 7^ in. ; wing, 3I; tail, 3^; tarsus, i ; middle toe 

 and claw, 15-16; hind toe to end of claw, §." (Lawr. 1. c, orig. 

 descr.) 

 Habitat. Martinique. 



Myiarchus dominicensis (Bryant). 



Tyrannula stolida var. dominicensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XL 



p. 90 (1866). 

 Myiarchus stolidus var. dominicensis Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 35S (i8St). 

 Myiarchus stolidus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1881). 

 Myiarchus rujicaudatus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, p. 95 (1883). 

 Myiarchus dominicensis Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 79 (1SS5) ; 



ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Crown dark olive brown, becoming lighter on the 

 back, and showing a more decided grayish tinge ; breast ashy ; bellvj 

 crissum, and under wing-coverts pale yellow; wing-coverts edged 

 with brownish white, forming two dull wing-bands ; tertials broadly 

 edged with yellowish white; primaries, except the first, narrowly 

 edged with rufous on the outer web, showing a broader and much 

 paler edging of the same color on the inner webs of the same 

 feathers; two central tail-feathers dark brown, all the rest having 

 more than half of the inner web rufous to the tip; bill and feet black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 6.50; wing, 3.10; tail, 3; tarsus, .85 ; bill, .75. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



