21. MTIODIOCTES. 435 



2. Myiodioctes pusillus. 



Muscicapa pusilla, 7F&. A7>ier. Orn. iii. p. 103, pi. 26. tig. 4 (1811). 



Sylvia wilsonii, Hj). Journ. Philad. Acad. iv. p. 179 (1824). 



Sylvia petarodes, Licht. Preis- Verz. mex. Voy. p. 2 (1830) ; Cab. 

 J. f. O. 1863, p. 57. 



Motacilla pileolata, Pall, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. i. p. 497 (1831). 



Setophaga wilsouii, Jard. ed. Wils. Amer. Orn. i. p. 391 (1832). 



Muscicapa wilsouii, Atidiib. B. Amer. pi. 124; id. Orn. Biogr. ii. 

 p. 148 (1834). 



Wilsonia pusilla, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. S,- N. Ame): p. 23 (1838) ; 

 Allen, Bidl. Mus. Com}). Zool. Cambr. iii. p. 175 (1872). 



Myiodioctes wilsoui, Aud. Syn. p. 50 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. ii. p. 21 , 

 pi. 75 (1841). 



Sylvania pusilla, Nutt. Man. 1843, p. 335. 



Myioctonus piisiUus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 18 (1850). 



Myiodioctes pusiUus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 315 (1860) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, 

 p. 291, 1858, p. 299 ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 293 (1858) ; id. U.S. 

 Mex. Bound. >'Surv. ii. pt. 2, Birds, p. 10 (1859); Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 303; id. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 11 ; Cab. J.f. O. 1860, p. 325; 

 Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 34 (1862) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1863, p. 63 ; Lord, 

 Proc. B. Artill. Inst. iv. p. 115 (1864) ; Baird, Review Amer. B. 

 p. 240 (1865) ; Coues, Ibis, 1865, p. 163 ; Dresser, t. c. p. 458 ; 

 Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. \-iii. p. 265 (1666), ix. p. 95 (1868) ; Ball 

 ^j- Bann. Trans. Chic. Acad. i. p. 278 (1869) ; Smnichr. Mem. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H. i. p. 547 (1«69) ; Von Frantz. J. f. O. 1869, p. 294 ; 

 Cooper, B. Calif, p. 101 (1870); Sah. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 183; 

 Finsch, Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, iii. p. 36 (1872) ; Coues, Key 

 N. Amer. B. p. 109 (1872) ; Salo. Ibis, 1873, p. 334 ; Merrill, 

 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1872-73, pp. 675, 713 ; Scl. ^- Salv. No- 

 mencl. Av. Neotr. p. 10 (1873) ; Coues, B. N.- West, pp. 79, 232 

 (1874) ; Baird, Breioer, ^- Ridgiv. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 317, 

 pi. 16. figs. 3, 4 (1874) ; Hemh. Zool. Fxpl. W. lUOth Merid. 

 p. 207 (1875); Coues, B. Color. Fall. p. 326 (1878); Ridgw. 

 Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 18 (1881) ; Salv. Sr Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 168 (ItiSl) ; Nelson, Cruise R.S. ^Corwin,' 

 p. 64 (188.3) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2ud ed. p. 313 (1884). 



Sylvauia wilsouii, Woodh. in Sitgr. Rep. Zuni R. p. 69 (1853). 



Setophaga pusilla, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 244, no. 3535 (1869). 



Abroiiiis atricapilla, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 169 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 640. 



Myiodioctes pusiUus, vai'. pileolatus, Ridgiu. Amer. Journ. Sei. 1872, 

 p. 457 ; id. Amer. Nat. viii. p. 608 (1873) ; Coues, t. c. p. 417 ; 

 Baird, Breioer, i^- Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 319 (1874J. 



Myiodioctes pusillus pileolatus, Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, 

 p. 19 (1881) ; Alien S,- Brewst. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii. p. 159 

 (1883) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2ud ed. p. 314 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish green ; lesser wing- 

 coverts like the back ; median aud greater coverts greyish brown, 

 edged with yellowish green ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 

 dusky, narrowly fringed with yellowish green ; quills dusky, with 

 yellowish-green margins ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail- 

 feathers ashy brown, edged with yellowish green ; crown of head 

 shining blue-black, with a decided crest ; lores, forehead, aud a 

 distract eyebrow bright yellow, golden on the forehead ; leathers 



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