58. MTIADECTES. 3()0 



a white patch at base of primaries, with 

 a second of ochraceous bun at base of se- 

 condaries, the innermost of the latter broadly 



edged with white toicnsendi, p. 374. 



e". Throat slaty blue, like the rest of the under 

 surface ; under tail-coverts light slaty blue, 

 narrowly margined with white, 

 c'". Upper surface ruddy brown ; forehead, eye- 

 brow, and sides of face slaty grey ralloides, p. 375. 



d'". Upper surface dull slate-coloui" ; sides of 



face the same unicolor, p. 376. 



d'. Bill yellow ; plumage grey, with the lores, eye- 

 brow, sides of face, and chin black melnnops, p. 376. 



c. Throat and chest, as well as centre of abdomen, black ; 

 lores and sides of face white ; upper parts cin- 

 namon leucotis, p. 377. 



1. Myiadectes solitarius. 



Ptilogonrs armillatus {nee VieilL), Grny &■ Mitch. Gen. B. i. p. 2^*1, 



pi. 69 '(1846) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 73. 

 Muscicapa armillata {nee Vieill.), Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 198 (1847). 

 Mviadestes armillatus, Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 33-5 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1857, p. 6 ; id. Cat. An.er. B. p. 47 (1862) ; March, Proe. Philad. 



Acad. 1863, p. 294. 

 Myiadestes solitarius, Baird, Bevieiv Amer. B. p. 421 (1864) ; Scl. <§• 



Sah. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 4 (1873). 

 Ptilogonys solitarius. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. .366, no. 5-571 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above light slaty grey, the least and 

 median wing-coverts like the back, the greater series black, exter- 

 nally edged with slaty grey ; primary-coverts black ; quills black, 

 edged with slaty grey on the outer web, the outer primaries for 

 nearly their whole length, the iuuer primaries near the base and 

 again near the end, and having also a half-concealed spot of white 

 near the base of two of the feathers ; secondaries broadly edged with 

 slaty grey at the base and near the ends, but the innermost for their 

 entire length ; centre tail-feathers slaty grey, the remainder blackish, 

 the three outermost tipped with white, much extended on the two 

 outermost, the external feather being for the most part white, with 

 a blackish base to the inner web and a long blackish mark near the 

 end of its outer web ; base of forehead and lores black, extending 

 below the eye onto the ear-coverts, which are othei-wise dark slaty 

 grey, below the eye a spot of white ; base of cheeks and a spot at 

 the base of the chin white, the former separated from the throat by a 

 narrow and almost imperceptible line of black ; throat bright chest- 

 niit ; remainder of under surface light ashy grey, paler on the abdo- 

 men, the lower part of which is bright rufous, deepening into chest- 

 nut on the under tail-coverts ; thighs slaty grey ; under \\"ing-coverts 

 and axillarics light ashy grey, tipped with white and slightly washed 

 with rufous, especially near the edge of the wing ; greater series of 

 under wing-coverts blackish, forming a small patch ; (juills dusky 

 brown below, white at the base of the inner web ; " bill black ; f^et 



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