332 NORTH AilERICAN BIRDS. 



conspicuous ligbt cdgitigs; a broad dusky stripe on side of head, involving lores 

 and eai"-eoverts ; above this a superciliary stripe of white or yellowish, and below 

 it a broad white or j^ellowish malar stripe ; chin and throat (at least medially) 

 white, narrowly streaked with duskj- ; rest of lower parts yellowish or whitish, 

 the chest, breast, and sides broadly streaked with dusky. Adult with a concealed 

 crown-patch of lemon- or gamboge-yellow. 



fl'. Chin and a broad stripe on each side of throat duskj', forming a conspicuous 

 y\-shaped mark ; lower parts, except middle of throat, clear sulphur-j-ellow ; 

 superciliary and malar stripes white; length about 7.75-8.00, wing 4.25-4 60, 

 tail 3. 30-3. GO, culmen .80-.90. Hab. Mexico and Central America, north to 

 southern Arizona, south to Panama. 



451. M. luteiventris ScL. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher. 

 «'. Chin and whole throat white, the latter bordered laterally by a brownish and 

 dusky stripe along lower half of malar region; lower parts whitish, tinged, 

 more or less, with sulphur-yellow, chiefly on sides; superciliary and malar 

 stripes pale dull yellowish. 

 6'. Darker, the prevailing color of the upper parts grayish olive-brown ; wing 

 4.40-4.50. tail 3.65-3.75, exposed culmen .85-.90. Hab. Cayenne, Trini- 

 dad, Tobiigo, etc. 



M. audax (Gmel.). Bold Flycatcher.' 



i'. Palci', the prevailing color of the upper parts light olive, mixed, more or 



less, with bulfy j^ellowish. 



c'. AVith longer bill, and plumage more rufescent above, especially on top 



of head ; wing 4.10—4.45, tail 3.40-3.75, exposed culmen .90-1.05. 



Hab. Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and north to Costa Rica. 



M. audax nobilis (ScL.). Noble Flycatcher.' 

 c'. With shorter bill, and almost total absence of rust}' tinge to upper 

 parts; wing 4.25-4.40. tail 3.50-3.G0, exposed culmen .S0-.90. Hab. 

 Southeastern Mexico (Yucatan to Mirador). 



M. audax insolcns Kidgw. Insolent Flycatcher.' 



Gknus MYIARCHUS C.vb.vnis. (Page 327, pi. XCIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Common Characters. — Above plain graj'ish brown or olive (the top of head 

 sometimes much darker), the wings dusky, with more or less distinct lighter 

 edgings; tail-feathers sometimes uniform dusky, but usually with more or less 

 rufous, especiallj' on inner webs, which are sometimes entirely of this color; quills 

 (occasionally adjacent secondaries also) sometimes edged with rusty; anterior lower 

 jiarts plain ashy or ashy white (the breast obsoletel}' streaked in M. fiammulatus), 

 the posterior lower parts (from breast back) varying from deep sulphur-yellow to 



1 Miinricnpa audnr Gmrl., S. N. i. pt. ii. 1788, 9U. Mywdynailei audax ScL., P. Z. S. 1859, 43. (The 

 M "vc (liagnonis biwcJ on CTnmination of two upccimons only, these from Tobago.) 

 » .V^iW./im.(c. m.bilU .?CL., P. Z. S. 18511, 42. 

 •New subspecies. Type, No. 27977, U. S. Nat. Mus., Mirailor (Vera Cruz), Mexico; Dr. C. S.irtorius. 



