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g. Ad. sk. Divide Forks, Platte River Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. G. Cooper), 



h. Ad. sk. Orizaba, Mexico (Botteri). Sclater Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. City of Mexico (Angelo). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



j. Ad. sk. Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



2. Sayornis nigricans. 



Tyrannula nigricans, Sw. Phil. Mag. 1827, i. p. 367. 



Myiarchus nigricans, Cab. in Tsc/i. Faun. Per. p. 153. 



Sayornis nigricans, Bp. Compt. Bend. xxxviii. p. 657; id. Notes Orn. 

 p. 87 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 296, 1857, p. 127, 1858, p. 457, 

 1859, p. 383, 1864, p. 175 (Mexico) ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 200 ; id. Ibis, 

 1859, p. 438 ; Sclat. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 43 ; Baird, B. N. Am. 

 p. 183 ; Baird, Brew, et Ridyw. N. A. B. ii. p. 340 ; Coues, Key 

 (1884), p. 437 ; Ridyio. Man. N. A. B. p. 336. 



Aulanax nigricans, Cab. Joum. f. Orn. 1856, p. 2 ; Cab. et Hein. 

 Mus. Hein. ii. p. 68. 



Muscicapa semi-atra, Vig. Zool. Beechey's Voy. p. 17. 



Above dark cinereous, blackish on head, wings, and tail ; outer 

 margins of wing-coverts and secondaries whitish ; outer web of 

 external tail-feather white : below blackish ; belly, crissum, and 

 under wing-coverts white ; bill and feet black : whole length 6'8 

 inches, wing 3 # 5, tail 3*2. Female similar. 



Hah. Western and Central North America and Mexico. 



a. Ad. sk. California (Bell). Sclater Coll. 



b. (5 ad. sk. Saticoy, Cal. (J. G. Cooper). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Cohuilla Valley, California. G. F. Morcorn [P.]. 



d. Jr. sk. California. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



e. 2 a< i- sk. Mazatlan, Mex. (Forrer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. J ad. sk. Presidio, Mex. (Forrer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g. J ad. sk. Oaxaca, Mex. (Fenochio) . Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 i. Ad. sk. Mexico. J. Gould, Esq. 



j-l. Ad. sk. Mexico. Purchased. 



m. Ad. st. Mexico. Purchased. 



3. Sayornis aquatica. 



Savomis aquatica, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 119; iid. Nomencl. p. 43 ; 



Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 200 ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 62 (Costa Rica). 

 Aulanax aquatica, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 68. 

 Sayornis nigricans, var. aquatica, Baird, Brexv. et Bidgtv. N. A. B. 



ii. p. 340. 



Above sooty black, paler on the lower back ; wings and tail 

 blackish ; narrow outer margins of secondaries and outer web of 

 external primary white : below sooty black, centre of belly 

 white, crissum cinereous ; under wing-coverts white mixed with 

 blackish ; bill and feet black : whole length 6'3 inches, wing 3-4, 

 tail 3. 



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