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h. Ad. sk. Tehuantepec, Mexico (Sumi- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



chrast). 



i. c? ad. sk. San Jose, Guatemala (Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



j-l. tS ad. sk. Panama (McLeantian). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Panama (McLeannan). Sclater Coll. 



», o. c? ad. sk. Zamora, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



8. Empidonax ridgwayi. 

 Empidonax ridgwayi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 50. 



Above dark olive-green, lores and rim round the eye whitish ; 

 wings slaty black, tips of both rows of wing-coverts and outer mar- 

 gins of external secondaries whitish, slightly tinged with ochraceous ; 

 tail slat} 7 black ; outer web of external rectrix whitish : beneath 

 dirty white, clearer in the middle of the throat ; lower belly and 

 crissum tinged with yellowish ; under wing-coverts white ; upper 

 mandible dark horn-colour, lower whitish ; feet black : whole length 

 5 inches, wing 2 - 7, tail 2"3. 



Hab. Int. of Colombia. 



Like E. trailli in colour, but with the outer web of the external 

 rectrix white, as in E. obscurus. 



a. Ad. sk. Bogota. Sclater Coll. (Type of the species.) 



9. Empidonax minimus. 



Tyrannula minima, W. 31. et S. F. Baird, Proc. Acad. Philad. i. 



p. 283 (1843) ; Aud. B. Am. viii. p. 226, pi. 491. 

 Empidonax minimus, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 195 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1859, p. 384 ; id. Ibis, 1859, p. 441 ; id. Cat. A. B. p. 229 ; Sclat. 



et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 122 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 837 (Honduras) ; 



iid. Nomencl. p. 52 ; Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, p. 58 ; Dresser, Ibis, 



1865, p. 474 (Texas) ; Baird, Brew, et Ridgw. N. A. B. ii. p. 372 ; 



Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 290 (New York) ; Ridgiv. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. x. p. 370 (Illinois) ; id. Lbis, 1886, p. 465 ; id. Man. N. A. B. 



p. 343 ; Breivst. Ann . Lye. N. Y. xi. p. 143 ( West Virginia) ; 



Brewer, P. U.S. K M. ii! p. 5 (eggs) ; Merrill, P. U.S. N. M. i. 



p. 137 (Texas) ; Cones, Key N. A. B. 1884, p. 442 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 235 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 315 (?) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, 



p. 448 (Yucatan) ; Nehrlinq, J.f. 0. 1883, p. 92 (Illinois) ; Turner, 



P. U.S. N. M. viii. p. 242 (Labrador). 

 Empidonax pectoralis, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 402 (Panama). 

 Empidonax minimus, var. pectoralis, Ridgiv. N. A. B. ii. p. 364. 

 Empidonax gracilis, Ridgw. Pr. Biol. Soc. Wash. iii. p. 23 (1886); id. 



P. U.S. N. M. viii. p. 671 (Cozumel). 



Hardly distinguishable in colour from E. pusillus and E. trailli, 

 but tail slightly forked, and much smaller in size : whole length 

 4*6 inches, wing 2-4, tail 2-1. Female similar. 



Hab. Eastern North America, and southwards in winter to 

 Panama and (perhaps) Peru. 



a. Ad. st. North America. Sir J. Richardson [P.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Fort Dufferin. N. A. Bound. Comm. 



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