Cory on the Bh-ds of the West Indies. 117 



Sp. Char. Male: — Entire plumage glossy black, showing purple reflec- 

 tions on the back and wings; underparts glossy black, the purple 

 reflections slightly perceptible when held in the light; basal portion 

 of feathers on the body smoky gray; bill and feet black. 



Length (skin), 15; wing, 10.35; tail, 6; tarsus, 2; bill, i.So. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



^'' Cyanocorax pileattis^^^ recorded from Jamaica, "probably 

 a caged bird escaped," is a South American species. First 

 given by Gosse (Bds. Jam. p. 308, 1847), and cited by later 

 authors. 



Corvzis ossifragjis has been recorded from Cuba, but I find no 

 record of its actual capture. Dr. Gundlach writes me that the bird 

 does not occur there. 



Family TYRANNID^. 



Genus Elainia Sundev. 

 Elainia Sundevall, Ornithol. System, p. 89 (1836). 



Elainia martinica (Linn.). 



Muscicapa martinica Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 325 (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I, p. 930 (17SS). — Lath. Ind. Orn. II, p. 4S3 (1790). 

 ? Muscicapa albicapilla Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, p. 66 (1807). 

 Myiobiics martiuicus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 249, Sp. 27 (1S46). 

 Tyrantmla martinica Bp. Consp. I, p. 190 (1850). — Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila. i860, p. 375. 

 Elainea riisii ScL. P. Z. S. 1S60, p. 313. — Newton, Ibis, i860, p. 307. — 



Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 352 (1869).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. 



Forh. 1S69, p. 584.— ScL. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 834. 

 Elainea martinica Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 169. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 



352 (1S69). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 271; ib. 1S74, p. 175. — Pelz. 



Ibis, 1873. p. 113. — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 48 (1S73). 



— Lawk. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, pp. 59, 191, 270, 257, 458, 487 (187S). 



Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (18S0).— Lister, Ibis, 18S0, 



p. 41. — Grisdale, Ibis, 18S2, p. 489. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 



(1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above brownish olive; feathers on 

 the head having the basal portions white, forming a concealed white 

 patch on the crcwn ; throat gray; breast gray, slightly tinged with 

 olive; sides, flanks, and crissum pale olive, mi.xed with whitish on 

 the middle of the belly ; under wing-coverts pale yellowish ; wings 



