MYIADESTES. 



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Of this species there are three specimens in the museum of the 

 Philadelphia Academy; the best and that described labelled "Trini- 

 dad," another much duller in coloration marked "Bresil," and tlie 

 third without any locality. Both indications ai-e doubtless incorrect, 

 the species belonging more probably to some one of the larger, more 

 mountainous of the Windward islands of the Lesser Antilles."* 



Myiadestes elisal>etli. 



Muscicapa elisaheth, Lembeye, Aves de la Cuba, 1850, 39, pi. v, fig. 3 

 (" Riusenor," Cuba). — Mi/iadestes elifaJieth, Cab. .Jour. IV, 1856, 2 

 (rocky mountains of western Cuba). — Gundlach, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 

 VI, 1858.— Ib. Cab. Jour. 1861, 328. 



Hub. Cuba. 



(No. 25,911.) Tail ratlier longer tbau wing, slightly emarginated ; quite 

 graduated. Wing moderately pointod ; 1st quill broad to tip, very slightly 



Mtjiadestes elisaheth, Lembeye. (Cuba.) 



falcate, not pointed ; nearly half the 2d quill, which is also broad, and shorter 

 than 7th, about equal to 8th ; the 4th longest ; then 5th, Gth, 3d. Bill narrow 

 and deep for the genus, differing from the rest of species ; rictal bristles 

 lengthened. 



Above uniform brownish-olive, more ashy on rump ; beneath dull white ; 

 the sides of neck ashy ; the breast, sides, axillars, and perhaps crissum tinged 

 with the same. Eyelids fulvous yellow ; cheeks below eye dusky, and a 

 narrow dark line each side the chin ; ear coverts more fulvous. The inner 

 wing coverts and tips of longer axillars fulvous. The usual light patch at 



' Since writing the preceding article I have had the opportunity of ex- 

 amining three specimens of the species in the Lafresnaye Collection (4,433, 

 4,434, 4,435), recently purchased by Dr. Bryant, and presented to the Boston 

 Society of Natural History. These have a general resemblance to the bird 

 just described, excepting that in one there is a trace of rufous in tlie tibial 

 feathers. They are labelled " Martinique or South America," and are evi- 

 dently not authenticated as to locality. A young bird among them (No. 4,335) 

 has the entire under parts brownish-red, with blackish edges to the feathers, 

 tlie upper parts similarly spotted. 



