﻿BIRDS FROM W EST [NDIES 



287 



Family TR< M 1 1 ILI I )M 



31. MICROLYSSA 1 EXILIS (Gmelin) 

 [Trochilus] exilis Gmelin, Sys. Nat., 1. part 1, 17XK, 484 (Gujana). 

 One male and one female. Barbuda; four males and one female. 

 Antigua. 



32. SERICOTES HOLOSERICEUS (Linnaeus) 

 [Trochilus] holosericeus Linx.kis. Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, 120 (America). 

 Five males and two females, Barbuda; four males and one fe- 

 male, Antigua. 



Family TYRANNIDyE 



33. TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS ROSTRATUS (Sclater) 



Tyrannus rostratus Sclater, Ibis, Jan., 1864, $j (Ins. Trinidad et in 

 Guiana). 



Four males and two females, Barbuda ; seven males and three fe- 

 males. Antigua. 



This series averages a clear gray, with the concealed crown-patch 

 brighter, than in a series from Guadeloupe southward, but this is 

 probably due to the freshness of the specimens and to the fact that 

 the crown-patch has just been or is being assumed. The bill is 

 slightly smaller and more pointed at the tip in Barbuda and Antigua 

 specimens. In the collection there is a specimen, from Eleuthera 

 island, Bahamas, of T. dominie ensis hardly distinguishable from T. 

 rostratus and is either a stray or an intermediate ; at any rate T. 

 rostratus is hardly entitled to specific rank. 



Five males from Dominica southward (Guadeloupe specimens un- 

 sexed and not measured) average: wing, 119.2; tail, 94.4; culmen, 



30-5- 



Ten males from Barbuda and Antigua, average: wing, 117; tail, 



93.4 : culmen. 29.2. 



34. MYIARCHUS BERLEPSCHII Cory 

 Myiarchus berlepschii Cory, Auk, July, 1888, 266 (St. Kitts, W. I.). 

 Eight males and one female taken on Barbuda, Aug. 29 and 30. 

 and from Nov. 13 to 17, agree fairly well with a specimen from St. 

 Kitts, except the upper tail-coverts in the Barbuda specimens are 

 strongly tinged with rufous and the yellow below appears to be 

 deeper; the latter probably due to the freshness of the specimens. 

 The single female measures: wing, 89.5 ; tail, 79; culmen, 21. 



A female from St. Kitts (the only specimen of M. berlepschii 

 available) measures: wing. 88: tail, jS: culmen, 20.5. 

 1 For the use of this name see Auk, Oct., 1904. p. 485. 



