Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 7 



Myiadestes solitarius Baird. 



Ptilogonys armillatus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 2S1 (1844). — Gosse, Bds. 



Jam. p. 19S (1847).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 73.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 



,1863, p. 196. 

 il/jv'rtt/e^/es a;'OTi7/rt/'«5 Bp. Consp. I, p. 335 (1S50). — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. 



p. 47 (1862). 

 Myiadestes solitarius Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 421 (1864). — Gray, Handl. 



Bds. I, p. 366 (1S69). — ScL. «& Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4 



(1S73).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). 

 Myiadectes solitarius Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 369 (iSSi). — A. 



«& E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (18S1). 

 Myadestes solitarius Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 24 (1S82). 

 Myiadestes armillatus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294. 



Sp. Char. — Upper surface slaty -plumbeous ; faint tinge of olivaceous on 

 the forehead; cheeks dull black; lower eyelid and a small spot at 

 the malar apex and extremity of chin white, rest of throat chestnut; 

 underparts slaty-plumbeous, becoming lighter on the belly and 

 crissum ; under tail-coverts chestnut; wings and tail as in other 

 species in character of marking. 



Length, 7.45; wing, 3.6; tail, 3.6; tarsus, .80. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Myiadestes elizabeth (Lemb.). 



Muscicafa elizabeth Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 39 (1850). 



Myiadestes elizabeth Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 2. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 425 (1S64). 



—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 



42S; ib. Orn. Cuban Anales. 1873, p. 79. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 



5 (1S85). 

 Myiadestes elizabethce Newtox, Ibis, 1859, P- ^^o- — Albrecht, J. f. O. 



1861, p. 209. — ScL. & Salv. Exot. Orn. 1867, p. 55, pi. 28; ib. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1S73). 

 Myiadectes elizabethce Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 372 (1881). 

 Myadestes elizabeth Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 26 (1882). 



Sp. Char. — Upper surface pale brownish olive, ashy on the head and 

 rump; wings dull brown margined with pale ashy olive; tail brown 

 margined with olive brown; central feathers dull brown, outer 

 feathers tipped with white; throat and abdomen dull white; breast 

 and sides shading into ashy; a faint tinge of white at the base of the 

 forehead; lores and feathers at the eye showing pale buff; ear- 

 coverts dull olive brown, Avith narrow white shaft-lines; flanks 

 showing a tinge of olive brown ; axillaries ash colored, showing a 

 buff tinge ; under wing-coverts pale buff. 



Length, 7.90; wing, 3.45; tail, 3.35; tarsus, .88. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



