246 TYEANNID^:. 



2. Myiochanes nigrescens. 



Myiochanes nigrescens, Scl, et Salv. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 157 (Ecuador). 

 Myiochanes cineraceus, Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 539 ? 



Above sooty blackish, crown, wings, and tail rather darker : 

 beneath slightly paler, rather more cineraceous ; upper mandible 

 dark brown, lower paler ; feet blackish : whole length 4-4 inches, 

 wing 2'7, tail 2'3. 



Hub. Ecuador. 



Quite distinct from M. cineraceus, from its uniform blackish colour 

 and smaller size. 



a. 2 a( l- sk. Gualaquiza, Ecuador (Fraser). Sclater Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 



74. MYIARCHUS*. ^ 



Type. 



Myiarchus, Cab. in Tsch. F. P., Ares, p. 152 (1845). . M. ferox. 



" Despotina, Kaup, 1851," Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 363 . . M. ferox. 



Myionax, Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 73 (1859) . . M. crinitus. 



Onychopterus, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. t. lxv. (1850) M. tuberculifer. 

 Kaupomis, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iv. Zool. i. p. 133 



(1854) M. stolidus f. 



" Tarsus equal to or not longer than the middle toe, which is 

 decidedly longer than the hinder one. Bill wider at the base than 

 half the culmen. Tail broad, long, even or slightly rounded, about 

 equal to the wings, which scarcely reach the middle of the tail ; the 

 first primary shorter than the sixth.'' — N. A. B. ii. p. 329. 



Myiarchus is distributed all over North and South America and 

 the Antilles, and extends to the Galapagos. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Olive and grey : belly sulphur-yellow. 



«. Larger-sized species : group of M. crinitus. 

 a'. With rufous margins to the tail-feathers. 

 a". Under wing-coverts pale yellow. 

 a'". Throat deep ashy : belly sulphur- 

 yellow 1. crinitus, p. 247. 



b'". Throat pale ashy : belly light sul- 

 phur-yellow. 

 « 4 . Tip of inner web of outer rectrix 



blackish 2. cinerascens, p. 248. 



b*. Tip of inner web of outer rectrix 

 rufous. 

 a 5 . Inner web of outer rectrix 



wholly rufous 3. nidtingi, p. 250. 



* Refer also to — 



(1) M. sclateri, Lawr. Pr. U.S. X. M. i. p. 357 (Martinique). 



(2) M. brachyurus, Bidgw. Man. N. A. B. p. 334 (Nicaragua), 

 t Cf. Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 358 





