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black, except at the base below, or else black at tip; all the feathers 
with a central spot of ochraceous-yellowish, bordered by blackish, 
traces of these spots occasionally visible in adults. 
Smith- Collee- Sex : Swann : 
sonian tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Remarks. 
No. No. | Age. 
30,501 | 31 ae Costa Rica. fete Dr. Any. Brantzius, |e # eitectletere 
33, 293 32 me ee ene SS chs Med alls ae ote Merete 
80,503 33 O sf brid Se sea cel, sal lh Me NAAN Acetic 
30,502 34 ne * Ot BONE See DO, EMS NM ter eterrate 
33,294 | 119 ie ‘5 eye SEE EA AA edict cars 
35,343 fet fo Dota, C. R. July 17. 64.) J. Carmiol. Iris yellow. 
35, 244 S. ce) Rancho Redondo. | Nov. 15, 64 i Aung Ode Wen canal Wier pet ae 
Myiadestes venezuelensis. 
Myiadestes venezuelensis, SctaterR, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. XVII, 
468.—In. P. Z. 8. 1857, 6; 1860, 64 (EKcuador).—Is. Catal. 1861, 
48, no. 290 (Bogota). 
Hab. Venezuela, Bogota, and Ecuador. 
(No. 32,513.) First quill about two-fifths the longest; nearly half the 2d, 
which is rather shorter than 7th; 4th and 5th longest. 
Above dark rusty brown, brightest towards rnmp. Forehead (shading off 
into the olivaceous rufous of cap), cheeks, and under parts, including lining 
of wings and axillars, dark slate color, becoming paler behind; the tibia, 
fianks and end of crissum somewhat tinged with olivaceous rufous (some- 
times scarcely appreciable). Lores dusky. As in most species, a band of 
light fulvous at bases of quills, distinctly seen on the inside of wing; scarcely 
appreciable externally, and followed by a dusky bar. Middle tail feathers 
somewhat like back, but with a purplish tinge; other feathers purplish-black, 
the outermost gray for most of outer web, the next to a less extent, both with 
a patch of white at end of inner web. Bill dusky above, yellow beneath; 
feet yellow. 
(No. 32,513.) Total length, 7.20; wing, 3.30; tail, 3.25; difference of 10th 
and longest quills, .70; exposed portion of 1st primary, .95, of 2d, 2.16, of 
longest (4th) (measured from exposed base of Ist primary), 2.60; length of 
pill from forehead, .55, from nostril, .26, along gape, .69; tarsus, .80; middle 
toe and claw, .75, claw alone, .21; hind toe and claw, .56, claw alone, .23. 
This species agrees sufficiently well in form with the Mexican, 
but Las shorter and more rounded wings; a proportionally longer 
first primary, and perhaps a more even tail. The yellow mandible, 
darker rufous of back extending to head, dark slate of throat, and 
absence of white or dark lines about the head readily distinguish it 
from MW. obscurus, most nearly allied in color. 
