326 SYNONYMY OF MYIODIOCTES PUSILLUS 



"Myiodloctes? minutus.— Small-headed Flycatclier." 



Musclcapa minuta, Wils. AO. vi. 1812, 02, pi. 50, f. 5.—Bp. Journ. Phlla. Acad. iv. 1624, 

 119.— Nutt. Man. i. 1832, '2.96.— Aud. OB. v. 1839, 291, pi. 434, f. ^.—Aud. Syn. 1839, 44.— 

 Feab. Kep. Oru. Mas.s. 1839, 296 (Mass.-icbusetts, awt. Brewer).— Aud. BA. i. 1840, 

 238, pi. Gl.—Putn. Pr. Eaa. Inst. i. 185C, 226. 



Sylvia minuta, Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 197. 



Wilson ia minuta, Bp. CGL. 1838, ^.— Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864, 83.- Allen, Am. Nat iii. 

 1869, 577. 



Setophaga minuta. Rich. Eep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1836, 1837, n^.-Hoy, Pr. Phila. 

 Acad. 1853, 309 (Wisconsin). 



Myiodioetes minutus, Bd. BXA. 1858, 293.— Bd. Rev. AB. 1865, 2il.—Tumb. B. E. Pa. 1869, 

 53 ; Phila. ed. 42.— B. B. £ R. NAB. i. 1874, 316.— Bmw. Pr. Best. Soc. xvii. 1875, 440. 



Muscicapa or Myiodioetes " minuta ", Coiies, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 275. 



Sylvania pumilia, Nutt. Man. i. 2d ed. 1840, 334. 



Small-lieaded Flycatcher of Wilson and Audubon. 



Small-headed Sylvan Flycatcher, Nutt. 1. c. 1832. 



Hab. — "Eastern United States."— The above synonymy is nearly all mere 

 compilation, tlie several authors, excepting Wilson, Nuttall, and Audubon, 

 not claiming to know the species. The existence of any such bird is doubt- 

 ful, and its reference to Myiodioetes by Baird and others is wholly conjectural. 

 Bonaparte first put it here, i. e., in his genus TVilsonia, but in 1850 queerly 

 identified it with Empidonax flaviventris of Baird. The history of the bird 

 begins with a misunderstanding between Wilson and Audubon, and the whole 

 record from that day to this is a tissue of surmises. 



Wilson's Greesi Black-capped Flycatching^ 

 liVartoler 



Ufylodioctes pnsillas 



Uuscicapa pusilla, Wils. AO. iii. 1811, 103, pi. 26, f. 4.—Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 179, 

 ^n.—Thomps. Vermont, 1853, App. 22.— Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. vii. 1855, 308 (New- 

 Mexico).— TFiJiis, Smiths. Kep. for 1858, 18r>9, 281 (Nova Scotia). 



Wilsonia pusilla, Bp. CGL. 1838, 23.— Ai^en, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864, 64.— AJfen, Bull. MCZ. 

 iii. 1872, nb.-Allen, Am. Nat. vi. 1872, 346, 348. 



Kylvania pusilla, Nutt. Man. i. 2d ed. 1840, 335.— Gam6. Pr. Phila. Acad. iii. 1847, 156 (Cali- 

 fornia).— Gamb. Journ. Phila. Acad. i. 1847, 38. 



Myiodioetes pusilla, Bp. C A. i. 1850, 315. 



Myioetonus pusillus. Cab. MH. i. 18J0, 18. 



Myiodioetes pusillus, Scl. PZS. 1856, 291.— ^d. BNA. 1858, 293.— Bd. U. S. Mex. B. Surv. ii. 

 pt. ii. 1859, Birds, 10.— Heerm. PRRR. x. 1859, 39.—Xant. Pr. Phila. Acad. xL 1859, 191 

 (California).— -Sd. PZS. 1859, 363 (Xalapa). —S. <& S. Ibis, i. 1859, 11 (Guatemala).— Coop. 

 a Suck. NHWT. 1860, 182.— Wheat. Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1800, 1861, 364.- Cab. J. f. O. 

 1860, 325 (Costa Rica).— .Bam. Smiths. Rop. for 1860, 1861, 436.— Fcrr. Pr. Ess. Inst, 

 iii. 1862, 147.— CouM <£ Prent. Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1862, 4i)9.—Blak. Ibis, v. 1863, 63 

 (M.ackenzie River).— iord, Pr. Roy. Arty. Inst. iv. 1864, 115.— iJd. Rev. AB. Ic65, 

 240.— CoMe«, Ibis, 2d eer. i. 1865, 163.— Dress, ibid. 478 (Texas).— iawr. Ann. Lye. 

 N. T. viii. 18G6, 285.— Cowes, Pr. Phda. Acad. 186G, 71 (Fort Whipple).— ilfcl/wr. Pr. 

 Ess. lust. V. 1866, 66.— Trippc, Am. Nat. ii. 1868, 170, 175.— Oowea, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1868, 

 83.— Cowes, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 274.— iaior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. 1868, 95(Co.ta 

 Rica).— Oowes, Pr. Boat. Soc. xii. 1868, HI (South Carolina).— Cojtes, Pr. Phila. Acad. 



1868, 83 (Arizona).— -BufcA. Pr. Phila. Acad. xx. 18G8, 149 (Texas).— Da^J <£ Bann. Tr. 

 Chicago Acad. i. 1869, 278 ( Alaska).- u. Frantz. J. f. 0. 1869, 294 (Costa E ca).—Turnb. 

 B. E. Pa. 1869, 26; Phila. ed. 19.— Scl. PZS. 1869, 374 (Oaxaca).— Corp. Am. Nat. iii. 



1869, 480.— Coop. Pr. Cal. Acad. 1870, 75.-Coop. B. Cal i. 1870, ]01.—Salv. PZS. It70, 183 

 (Veragua).— -Stei). U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr, i^r 1870, 1871, 463.— Mayn. Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv. 

 1872, 369.— Aiken, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 197.— Paisc/i, Abh. Nat. iii. 1872, 36.— CoHe«, 

 Key, 1872, 109, f. 10.— Salv. Ibis, 3d ser. iii. 1873, .334 (San Domingo).- iJid;7U). Am. Nat. 



