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it J but for the present, it is doubtless best to let it remain as Mr. Swain- 

 son's species. 



On looking- at my Q. luminosus from Grenada, I find it has a longer 

 and more curved bill than the Martinique bird; the chord of the upper 

 mandible measures one and a half inches. But with its higldy lustrous 

 and more violaceous i)lumage, together with the decided bright green, 

 color of the wings, it does not agree with the description given of Q. 

 inficxirostris. 



In the account of Q. luminosus I stated that it was the only West 

 Indian species of Quiscalus I knew of in which both sexes were not 

 black ; but the female of the present bird is brown also. Of that sex, 

 Mr. Ober sent but one adult example; the upper plumage is of a smoky- 

 brown, the feathers of the crown edged with fidvous ; the tail-feathers 

 have their inner webs black, the outer webs are brown; sides of the 

 head and the throat light ashy-gray ; the breast and upper part of the 

 abdomen are brownish ash; lower part of abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail coverts dark smoky-brown ; thighs dull fulvous-brown ; bill and feet 

 black. 



Fam. TYRANNIDiE. 



J.9. Elaiuea martinica (Linu.). 



"Flycatcher. 'Gobe mouche.' 



"Length, ^j, 7 in.; alar extent, U^; wing, 3|. 



"Length, 5, 6 J in.; alar extent, 10; wing, 3|. 



"Very few of this species to be seen; frequents the high hiUs, espe- 

 cially the wooded hollows and ravines." 



20. Myiarchus sclateri, Lawr. 



"Flycatcher." 



The upper plumage is deep dark olive, the head above blackish-brown. 

 Unfortunately, the only feathers left in the tail are the outer fom^ on one 

 side; the outermost two are dark brown and without rufous edgings on 

 the inner webs ; the other two feathers are brownish-black, with their 

 inner webs edged with light rufous for about one-quarter their width; 

 quills dark brown, their inner webs bordered with pale salmon-color; 

 wing-coverts edged with didl white; under wlng-coverts light ash, with 

 just a tinge of yellow; throat and breast of a clear cinereous gray; ab- 

 domen and under tail-coverts dull pale yellow; sides cinereous; bill and 

 feet black. 



Length (fresh), 7^ in.; wing, 3|; tail, 3 J; tarsus, 1; middle toe and 

 claw, H ; hind toe to end of daw, g. 



The single specimen sent is of about the size of M. erythrocercus, Scl., 

 but the i)lumage of the new species above is dark, with no approach to 

 the earthy -brown color of the other; below they do not differ so much^ 

 but in M. sclateri the yellow is (]idler and more restricted; they differ 

 materially in the rufous markings on the inner webs of the tail-feathers; 

 in M. erythrocercus this color occupies about one-half the web on the 



