244 TTEANNID^;. 



tail brownish black, outer secondaries edged with very pale fulvous ; 

 throat grey, tinged with fulvous on the lower part ; abdomen and 

 under wing-coverts reddish ochreous : whole length 5-7 inches, 

 wing 2 - 7, tail 2'5. (Lawrence.) 

 Hab. Dominica and Guadaloupe. 



a. Jr. sk. Dominica (Angus). Sclater Coll. 



7. Blacicus latirostris. 



Myiobius latirostris, Verr. N. Arch. d. Mus. ii. Bull. p. 22, t. 3. fig. 2 

 (1866) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 271 (S. Lucia) ; Semper, P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 650. 



Contopus latirostris, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 52 ; Cory, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 475 (St. Lucia). 



Above dark olive-green ; rump slightly ochraceous ; wings and 

 tail dark brown, outer secondaries slightly edged with greyish 

 fulvous : beneath uniform dark ochraceous red ; upper mandible 

 dark, lower pale yellowish ; feet dark brown : whole length 5*2 

 inches, wing 2*6, tail 2 - o. Female similar. 



Hab. St. Lucia. 



The deep rufous under-surface renders this species easily recog- 

 nizable. The tail is slightly rounded. 



a, b. Ad. sk. St. Lucia, W. I. (Semper). Sclater Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. St. Lucia, W. I. (Whitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



8. Blacicus barbirostris. 



Tyraunula barbirostris, Siv. Phil. Mug. 1827, i. p. 367. 



Blacicus barbirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 85 ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. 



p. 53. 

 Myiobius tristis, Gosse, B. Jam. p. 167. 

 Blacicus tristis, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 480 ; Scl. Cut. A. B. 



p. 234. 

 Myiarchus tristis, C'oucs, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1872, p. 80 ; Bnird, Breiv. 



et Bidgw. N. A. B. ii. p. 332. 



Above sooty brown ; crown and nape blackish ; wings and tail 

 blackish, with slight lighter edgings to the wing-coverts and outer 

 secondaries : beneath pale sulphur-yellow, throat light grey ; under 

 wing-coverts like the belly : inner margins of wing-feathers pale 

 fulvous ; bill dark brown ; feet blackish : whole length 5 - 8 inches, 

 wing 2-8, tail 2 - 8. Female similar. 



Hab. Jamaica. 



This species is intermediate between Blacicus and Myiarchus, 

 agreeing best in the structure of its bill with the former, and in the 

 style of its plumage with the latter form. 



Myiarchus platyrliynclius, Ridgw., Pr. U.S. N. M. viii. p. 570, 

 from Cozumel, described from spirit-specimens, is stated to be closely 

 related to this species. 





