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the outer web, so that the white forms a long wedge-shaped mark ; 

 the outermost tail-feather white, excepting the base of the inner 

 web and a mark towards the end of the outer web ; lores, sides of 

 face, and ear-coverts black, the latter narrowly streaked with 

 whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks orange-rufous, paler and more rufous- 

 white on the fore part of the cheeks, but not sufficient to form a 

 white spot ; throat and fore neck orange-chestnut, a little lighter on 

 the chin, and separated from the cheeks by a narrow and scarcely 

 perceptible line of black ; breast light ashy grey, washed with 

 orange-rufous on the lower parts ; the abdomen light orange- 

 rufous, deepening much on the under tail-coverts ; thighs dark slaty 

 grey ; axillaries white, with grey bases ; under wing-coverts dark 

 slate-colour, tipped with white, the edge of the wing also white ; 

 quills dusky brown below, white at the base of the inner web. 

 Total length 7-25 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-35, tail 2-85, tarsus 

 0-95. 



Ober's Solitaire replaces the foregoing species in the island of 

 S. Vincent. 



5. Myiadectes elizabethse. 



Muscicapa elizabeth, Lcmheije, Aves Cuba, p. 39, pi. 5. fig. 3 (1850). 

 Myiadestes elizabeth, Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 2 ; Gundl. J.f. O. 1861, 



p. 328 ; Baird, lieriew Amer. B. p. 425 (1864). 

 Ptilogonys elizabeth, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 366, no. 5575 (1869). 

 Myiadestes elizabethaj, 8cl. ^■. Salv. Ex. Oni. p. 55, pi. 28 (1869) ; 



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



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, a little more dusky on 

 the head, the rump and upper tail-coverts somewhat shaded with 

 ashy ; wing-coverts dusky brown, margined with the same colour as 

 the back ; primary-coverts and quills dark brown, margined with 

 olive-brown like the back, rather brighter and more tawny on the 

 quills, especially at the base of the secondaries ; tail-feathers brown, 

 margined with olive-brown, the centre feathers entirely dull olive- 

 brown, the outer feathers tipped with white, which forms on the 

 penultimate a wedge-shaped patch, the outermost one being ashy 

 brown towards the end, with a white edging at the tip ; feathers at 

 base of forehead whitish ; lores and feathers round the eye tawny 

 buff; ear-coverts olive-brown, with narrow whitish shaft-lines; 

 cheeks ashy like the sides of the neck, the fore part of the cheeks 

 washed with tawny buff ; throat white ; fore neck and breast ashy, 

 becoming white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; thighs 

 ashy ; flanks washed with olive-brown ; axillaries ashy, with a 

 tinge of buff ; under wing-covcrts buff, with dusky bases ; quills 

 dusky brown below, bufi'y white at the base of the inner web. 

 Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-4, tail 3-3, tarsus 0*9. 



Lembeye's Solitaire is confined to the island of Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. Cuba. Zoological Society. 



