248 TYRAXNIDiE. 



p. 178; Scl. Cat. A. B. p. 232; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, pp. 122, 

 440 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 52 ; Baird, Breic. et Ridgw. N. A. B. ii. 



Gundl. J. f. O. 1871, p. 293, et 1872, p. 420 (Cuba) ; Boucard, 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 64 (Costa Rica) ; Nehrlimj, J. f. O. 1883, p. 88 ; 



Berl, J.f. 0. 1884, p. 303 (Bucaramanga); Merrill, P. U.S. N. M. 



i. p. 137 (Texas); Ridgic. Proe. Biol, Soc. Wash. ii. p. 92; id. Man. 



N. A. B. p. 333. 

 Muscicapa ludoviciana, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 934. 

 Tyrannus ludovicianus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. i. p. 75. pi. 45. 

 Myionax erinitus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 73. 

 MyiarcL.ua erinitus, var. erinitus, Coues, Pr.Ac. Sc, Phil. 1872, p. G3. 

 Gobe-rnouche huppe de Vixginie, Daub. PI, Bid. 5G9. fig. 1. 

 Tyrannus irritabilis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 847. 



Above dull greenish olive ; crown brownish ; wings dull blackish, 

 primaries edged externally with clear rufous, secondaries and wing- 

 coverts bordered with whitish ; tail blackish brown ; whole inner 

 webs of all the lateral rectrices clear rufous : beneath, throat and 

 neck ashy ; abdomen sulphur-yellow ; under wing-coverts sulphur- 

 yellow ; inner margins of remiges fulvous ; bill dark horn-colour ; 

 feet black : whole length 8 inches, wing 4-1, tail 3-5. Female 

 similar. 



Hub. Eastern North America (in summer) and south through 

 Mexico and Central America to Panama and Colombia. 



The darker ashy neck and brighter yellow abdomen are generally 

 sufficient to distinguish this species from its congeners, besides the 

 greater amount of rufous in the tail-feathers. 



a-c. Ad. st. N. America. Purchased. 



d, e. d ad. ; f-h, Illinois, U. S. A. (Coale). Sclater Coll. 



2 ad. ; i. Ad. sk. 



/. cJ ad. sk. Michigan. Prof. Steere [P.]. 



k. Ad. sk. New Jersey, U. S. A. ( Wil- Sclater Coll. 



sow). 



I. Ad. sk. New York (Hurst). Tweeddale Coll. 



mi. Ad. sk. Niagara Falls. J. Gould, Esq. [CI. 



n. <S ad. sk. Distr. of Colombia, U. S. A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Coues). 



o. S ad. ; p. 2 ■ Distr. of Colombia, U. S. A. Sclater Coll. 



Jr. sk. (Coues). 



q. Ad. sk. Ckoctum,VeraPaz (Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r. Ad. sk. Vera Paz. J. Gould, Esq. 



s. 2 a( i- sk. Livingston, Guatemala Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Salvin). 



t. d ad. sk. Lion Hill, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(McLeannan). 



2. Myiarchus cinerascens. 



Tyrannula cinerascens, Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. v. p. 121 (1851). 

 Mviarchus cinerascens, Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 121 ; iid. Nomencl. 

 p. 52 ; Sol. Ibis, 1859, p. 440 ; id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 384, et 1871, 



