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St. Comapam, Mexico {SalU). 

 Cordova, Mexico {Salle). 



Yucatan (Gaumer). 

 Cozuruel I., Yucatan {Gaumer). 

 Ckoctum, Vera Paz {Salvin). 

 Cajabon, Vera Paz {Salvin). 

 Cliisec, Vera Paz {Salvin). 

 Eetalkuleu, Guatemala {Salvin). 



Escuintla, Guatemala {Salvin). 



Escuiutla, Guatemala {Fraser). 



Guatemala. 



Calovevora, Verag'ua {Arce). 



Panama {McLeannan). 



Panama {Hughes). 



Bogota. 



Caracas, Venezuela {Goeriny). 



San Esteban, Venezuela ( Guerhuj) . 



Venezuela {Goering). 



Guiana. 



I. of Mexiana, E. Amazons 



( Wallace). 

 Ckota, Peru {Stolzmann). 

 Brazil (?). 



Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 (Types of the species.) 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Sclater Coil. 

 Sclater Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 



72. BLACICUS*. 

 Blacicus, Cab. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 480 



Type. 

 B. carikeus. 



Blacicus comes very near the smaller forms of Contopus, but the 

 bill is larger and longer, and the wings are not so long. It is 

 strictly an Antillean type. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Bill shorter, broader: under surface not yellow. 



a. Belly tinged with yellowish 1. bahamensis, p. 242. 



b. Belly tinged with ochraceous. 



a'. Crown nearly uniform with back : 



I back olivaceous 2. carib&us, p. 242. 



back grey 3. hispaniolensis, p. 242. 



back brownish , 4. patlidus, p. 243. 



b'. Crown distinct from back : 



I crown olive-brown 5. blancoi, p. 243. 



I crown deep brown 0. brunneicapillus,-p.243. 



c. Belly deep rufous 7. latirostris, p. 244. 



B. Bill louger, narrower ; belly sulphur-yellow 8. barbirostris, p. 244. 



* Refer also to Bl. martinicensis, Cory, Auk, 1887, p. 96, from Martinique, 

 allied to B. brunncicapillics. 



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