238 TTRAjramE. 



Contopus virens. 



Muscicapa virens, Linn. S. X. i. p. 327. 



Muscicapa querula, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 68, pi. 39. 



Miwcicapa rapax, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. p. 81, pi. 13. f. 5. 



Myiarchus virens, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 150. 



Contopus virens, Baird, B. X. Am. p. 190; Gundl. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1855, p. 479, 1861, pp. 328, 416, et 1872, p. 424 (Cuba) ; Cab. 

 et Hein. Mas. Hein. ii. p. 71 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 43 ; id. Cat. 

 A. B. p. 231 ; Cab. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 248 (Costa Eica) ; Scl. et Salv. 

 Ibis, 1859, pp. 122, 441; iid. P. Z. S. 1864, etp. 360 (Panama), et 

 1870, p. 837 (Honduras) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 52 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 

 p. 474 (Texas) ; Later. Ann. Lye. X. Y. viii. p. 290, ix. p. 115 (Costa 

 Eica) ; Ridgw. Ann. L. X. Y. x. p. 376 (Illinois) ; Franks. J. f. O. 

 1869, p. 308 (Costa Eica) ; Merrill, P. U. S. X. M. i. p. 137 (Texas) ; 

 Boncard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 64 (Costa Eica) ; <S'«/i\ et Godtn. Ibis, 

 I860, p. 125 (Santa Blarta ) : Nehrling, J. f. 0. 1883, p 90 (Illinois) ; 

 Baird, Brew, et Ridgw. X. A. B. ii. p. 357 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 22 ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 318 ; Coues, Key X. A. B. 1884, p. 439; 

 Ridgw. Man. X. A. B. p. 338. 



Tyrannula bogotensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 190. 



Contopus bogotensis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 459; id. Cat. A. B. 

 p. 231 ; Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 87 (W. Indies). 



Contopus albicollis, Later. Ann. X. Y. Ac. Sc. iii. p. 156 ; Ridgw. 

 Man. X. A. B. p. 338 (Yucatan) ? 



Above olive-plumbeous, crown ratber darker ; wings and tail 

 blackish, wing-coverts and outer secondaries with more or less of 

 whitish edgings : beneath dirty white, breast and flanks more or 

 less tinged with cinereous ; belly more or less faintly tinged with 

 yellowish ; bill above dark, beneath yellowish white ; feet blackish ; 

 first primary longer than the fifth : whole length 6 inches, wing 3'4, 

 tail 2 - 7. Female, similar. 



Hah. Eastern Xorth America, and south through Mexico and 

 Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. 



I am a little doubtful about Contopus albicoUis of Yucatan, of 

 which Mr. Lawrence has kindly lent me the type. Eut on the 

 whole I am inclined to regard it as a pale-coloured example of the 

 present species. Some of the specimens from Euatan come very 

 near it. 



a-g. Ad. at Illinois, U. S. A. (Coale). Sclater Coll. 



h, i. cJ ad. sk. Illinois, U. S. A. H. K. Coale, Esq. 



[P.]. 



j, k. Ad. sk. Michigan. Prof. Steere [C.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Indiana, U. S. A. (Sclater). Sclater Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Niagara Falls, U. S. A. J. Gould [C.]. 



n. Ad. sk. Portsmouth, X.H., U. S. A.(Coues). Sclater Coll/ 



o. d ad.sk. Washington, D.C., U.S.A. {Mc- Sclater Coll. 



Guire). 



p. Ad. sk. Washington, D.C., U. S. A. (Drex- Sclater Coll. 



ler). 



q. cJ ad. sk. College Woods, Distr. of Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



U. S. A. (Coues). 



