Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. j j ^ 



Pitangus caudifasciatus (D'Orb.). 



Tyrannus caudifasciatus D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 82 

 (i84o).-GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 177 (i847)— Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. VI, p. 318 (i852).-Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 478— Brewer, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307 (i860). -March, Pr. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 288.— GuxNdl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 424. 



Pitangus caudifasciatus ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 76; ib. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 

 222 (i862).-Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 199.-GRAY, Hand!. Bds. I, 

 P- 357 (1869).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. co (1S73).— 

 A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (i88i).-Cory, List Bds. 

 W. L p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male:—To^ and sides of the head, including the ear-coverts, 

 darlc broAvn; a concealed patch of bright orange yellow; back 

 brownish gray; some specimens showing a slight tinge of rufous on 

 the upper tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts very pale yellow; under- 

 parts white, slightly tinged with ash on the breast and sides; under 

 tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers having the basal half of the inner 

 webs of all except the two central feathers pale yellowish white, and 

 all the feathers narrowly tipped with white ; outer tail-feather edged 

 with white on the outer web. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 8; wing, 4; tail, 3.45; tarsus, .88; bill, .90. 

 Habitat. Cuba and Jamaica. 



Pitangus taylori Scl. 

 Pitangus taylori Scl. Ibis, 1864, p. 169.— Gray, Hand!. Bds. I, p. 357 



(1869).— Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 50 (187^) —Cory 



Li.stBds. W. Lp. 15 (1885). 

 Tyrannus {Pitangus) taylori Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X n 240 



(1866). ^ "*^ 



Tyrannus taylori Svi^HKY. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 599.— Gundl. 



Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 193 (1878). 



Sp. Char. Male:— U^T^er surface dark olive brown, darkest on the head ; 

 concealed portions of the feathers on the crown yelloAv in front', 

 succeeded by white, forming a crown patch half yellow and half 

 white, variable in different specimens ; underparts grayish ; throat 

 white; quills and tail dark brown; the primaries showing a foint 

 rufous edging on the basal portion of the outer web, generally lack- 

 ing on the first, second, and third ; inner webs of primaries and sec- 

 ondaries edged with pale yellowish white; under tail-coverts white; 

 tail olive brown ; the outer web of the outer primary showing a faint 

 edging of dull white. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .75; bill, 90. 

 Habitat. Porto Rico. 



