Appendix to Birds of the West Indies. 293 



Myiarchus denigratus Cory. 



Myiarchus denigratus Gmv, Auk, III, pp. 500, 502 (1886). — RiDGW. Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. p. 574 (1887). 



Sp. Char. — Top of the head dark blackish brown; back dull olive brown; sides 

 of the head, cheeks, and ear-coverts dark brown, slightly lighter than the 

 crown; throat and breast ash gray, shading into dull yellowish white on the 

 belly and crissum; quills very dark brown, some of the feathers edged with 

 very pale rufous; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with pale rufous on the 

 inner webs; bill and feet black. 



Length, 6.25; wing, 3.15; tail, 3; tarsus, .80; bill, .60. 



Habitat. Grand Cayman I. The type is in my collection. 

 Myiarchus berlepschii Cory. 



Myiarchus berlepschii Cory, Auk, V, p. 266 (1888). 



Sp. Char.— Top of the head dark brown; back and rump distinctly dark olive, 

 shading into rufous on the tips of the upper tail-coverts; throat pale ashy, 

 somewhat darker on the upper breast; rest of underparts pale yellow; 

 primaries and secondaries dark brown, edged with dull rufous, the rufous 

 color wanting on the terminal portion of the four outer primaries; the- 

 primaries show pale rufous on the basal portion of the inner webs; all the 

 secondaries and tertials are broadly edged with pale rufous on the inner 

 webs; tail dark brown; all the tail-feathers, excepting the two middle 

 ones, have nearly the entire inner web bright rufous; a narrow line of 

 brown separates the rufous from the shaft of the feather; bill dark brown; 

 the feet are black. 



Length, 7; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .95; bill, .65. 



Habitat. Island of St. Kitts, West Indies. 



The underparts of this species are similar in marking and gen- 

 eral coloration to M. oberi; but the throat is more ashy and lighter, 

 and the yellow of the belly is paler. The back and head of M. 

 berlepschii are darker, and the bird is smaller. 



Blacicus flaviventris Lawr. 

 Blacicus flaviventris Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vol. IX, p. 617 (1887). 



Sp. Char. — "Upper plumage dark; hair brown, deeper in color on the crown; 

 tail colored like the back; quills brownish black; wing-coverts dark 

 brown, edged with clear pale rufous; throat of a dull pale fulvous; breast 

 and abdomen pale yellow, intermixed with dusky; upper mandible black, 

 the under clear light yellow; feet black. In size, about the same as 



