242 TYKANNID^. 



1. Blacicus bahamensis. 



Empidonax bahamensis, Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H. vii. p. 109 



(1861). 

 Contopus cariboeus, var. bahamensis, Baird, Breiv. et Ridgxv. N. A. B. 



p. ii. p. 352. 

 Contopus bahamensis, Cory, Birds of Bahamas, p. 101 ; Ridgic. Man. 



N. A. B. p. 339. 



Above mouse-brown ; cap rather darker ; wings and tail blackish, 

 wing-coverts and external secondaries slightly edged with whitish : 

 beneath dirty greyish white, slightly tinged with yellowish on the 

 breast and belly ; under wing-coverts pale ochraceous ; upper man- 

 dible dark, lower paler ; feet black : whole length 5*5 inches, wing 

 2 - 9, tail 2-6. Female similar, but rather smaller. 



Hab. Bahama Islands. 



In this species, which seems to me to belong strictly to Blacicus, 

 there is no tinge of ochraceous colour below, except on the under 

 wing-coverts. 



a, b. cJ J ad.sk. Nassau, Bahamas (Cory). Sclater Coll. 



2. Blacicus caribseus. 



Muscipeta caribasa, d'Orb. in La Sayra's Cuba, Aves, p. 77 (1839); 



Lembeye, Ai\ de Cuba, p. 129. 

 Museicapa caribsea, Gundl. Boston Journ. N. H. vi. p. 316. 

 Blacicus caribanis, Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 480 (Cuba) ; Gundl J.f. O. 



1861, p. 328, et 1872, p.' 426. 

 Contopus caribseus, Baird, Breu: et Ridgic. N. A. B. ii. p. 351 ; 



Ridgw. Man. N. A. B. p. 339. 



Above dark grey, with a slight olivaceous tinge on the back ; 

 wings and tail blackish, with slight lighter edgings to the wing- 

 coverts and external secondaries : beneath light greyish, with a strong 

 ochraceous tinge, except on the throat; under wing- coverts pale 

 ochraceous : upper mandible dark, lower light, except at the tip ; 

 feet blackish : whole length 5-5 inches, wing 2 - 8, tail 2-7. 



Hab. Cuba. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Cuba. Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. San Cristobal, Cuba {Gaunter). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. San Cristobal, Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e. Ad. sk. Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Kemedios, Cuba (Bishop). Smiths. Inst. 



y Ad. sk. Guayaquil (??). Zool. Soc. Coll. 



3. Blacicus hispaniolensis. 



Tyraimula carribsea, var. hispaniolensis, Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. 



X. II. xi. p. 91 (1866). 

 Contopus frazari, Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. viii. p. 94 (1883). 

 Sayornis dominicensis, Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. viii. p. 95 (1883). 

 Contopus hispaniolensis, Cory, B. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 81. 

 Contopus caribams, var. hispaniolensis, Baird, Brew, et Ridgxv. N. A. B. 



ii. p. 351. 



