334 ^ORTII AMERICAN BIRDS. 



e'. Smaller; tail not decidedly, if at all, shorter than wing; upper 

 tail-coverts not distinctly tinged -with rusty; wing 3.40- 

 3.70 (3.57), tail 3.35-3.80 (3.56), bill from nostril .40-.56 

 (.50), tarsus .80-.88 (.85). Hab. Southern Arizona (Tucson, 

 etc.) to western Costa Eica (La Palma). 



454.Z. M. cinerascens nuttingi Ridgw. 

 Nutting's Flycatcher.' 

 e'. Larger; tail decidedlj- shorter than wing; upper tail-coverts 

 decidedly tinged with rusty (sometimes with riistj' pre- 

 vailing); wing 3.65-3.90 (3.74), tail 3.45-3.60 (3.52), bill 

 from nostril .60-.62 (.61), tarsus .85-.90 (.87). Hab. 

 i^icaragua. 



M. brachyurus RiDow. Nicaraguan Crested Flycatcher.' 

 (r. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers chiefly (sometimes entirely) duskj- or dull 

 grayish brown. 

 b\ Width of bill at frontal feathers decidedly less than length of gonys ; no 

 trace of streaks on breast, 

 c'. Bill verj' little flattened, its depth through middle nearly equal to 

 width at same place. 

 (/'. Belly and flanks sulphur-yellow; middle wing-coverts tipped with 

 dull grayish brown ; quills verj- distinct!}' edged with rusty. 

 Wing3.40-3.50, tail 3.50-3.60, bill from nosU-il .52-.55, tarsus 

 .81-85. Jiab. Yucatan. 



M. yucatanensis Lawr. Yucatan Crested Flycatcher.' 



(P. Belly and flanks white or j-ellowish white ; middle wing-coverts 



tipped with pale brownish gray or grayish white; quills very 



indistinctly, if at all, edged with rust}'. 



e'. Middle wing-coverts tipped with light brownish gray ; top of 



head deep sepia-brown ; wing 3.20-3.45 (3.33), tail 3.20- 



3.40 (3.33), bill from nostril .55-.58 (.57), tarsus .78-.80. 



Hab. Cuba. 



M. sagrze Gundl. Cuban Crested Flycatcher.* 



e'. Middle wlng-covorts tijipcd with grayish white ; top of head 

 hair-brown; wing 3.35-3.55 (3.46), tail 3.25-3.50 (3.40), bill 

 from nostril .58-.60 (.50), tarsus .85-.86 (.85). JLib. Ba- 

 hamas. 



M. lucaysiensis Bryant. Bahaman Crested Flycatcher.' 

 c'. Bill much flattened, its depth in middle portion not more than two- 

 thirds its width at same place. 



» %mrcAii« nuttingi RiDOW., Proo. U. S. Nivt. Mus. v. Sept. 5, 18S2, 395. (Type, No. 87391, U. S. Nat. 

 Mns., La Palma, Costa Rica, Apr. 27, 1RS2 ; C. C. NuttinR.) 



'New species; type, No. 91057, U. S. Nat. Mus., A.id., Omctcpco, Nicarngun, Mnrch 7, ISS.T; C. C. 

 Natting. 



' Mi)iarchu» yucalaneniis Lawr., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1S71, 235. 



♦ Mntcicapa mjrx GuNDL., Jour. Bost. Soo. N. H. vl. 1852, 313. Myinrchns tnyrx QirNni,., ,1. f. 0. 1872, 

 424. 



S T</ranuu!a [Mi/inrckun) ttolida (var. ?.ici.y.ic.i»;.) Brva.nt, Pr. Cost. Soc. N. U. xi. 1S6C, OG. 



