"SS6.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. I '? 



Myiadestes solitarius Baird. 



Pfilogonys armillatns Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 2S1 (1844). — Gosse, Bds. 

 Jam. p. 19S (1847).— ScL. P. Z. S. iS6i, p. 73.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 

 1S62, p. 196. 



Myiadestes artnillafus'^v. Q.o'[\'&\). \, Y>- ZTiS (1850)- — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. 



p. 47 (1S62). 

 Myiadestes solitarius Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 421 (1864). — Gray. Handl. 



Bds. I, p. 366 (1869). — ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4 



(iS73).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). 

 Myiadectes solitarius Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Miis. VI, p. 369 (1881). — A. 



& E. New^ton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (18S1). 

 Myadestes solitarius Stejn-. Pr. U. S. Nat. Miis. V, p. 24 (1882). 

 Myiadestes armillatiis March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294. 



Sp. Char.— Upper surface slaty-plumbeous; faint tinge of olivaceous on 

 the forehead; cheeks dull black; lower eyelid and a small spot at 

 the malar apex and extremity of chin white, rest of throat chestnut; 

 underparts slaty-plumbeous, becf^ming lighter on the belly and 

 crissum ; under tail-coverts chestnut; wings and tail as in other 

 species in character of marking. 



Length, 7.45; wing, 3.6; tail, 3.6: tarsus, .80. 

 FIabitat. Jamaica. 



■ Myiadestes elizabeth (Lemb.)- 



Muscicafa elizabeth Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 39 (1850). 



Myiadestes elizabeth Cab. J. f. O. 1S56, p. 2. — Brewer. Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VII. p. 307 (i860).— Baird, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 425 (1864). 



—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869).— Gundl. J. f. O. 1872. p. 



428; ib. Orn. Cuban Anales. 1873, p. 79. — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 



5 (1S85). 

 Myiadestes elizabethcr Newton. Ibis, 1859, P- '^o- — Albrecht, J. f. O. 



1861, p. 209. — ScL. & Salv. Exot. Orn. 1867, p. 55, pi. 28; ib. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1873). 

 Mviadcctes elizabethce Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mas. VI, p. 372 (1881). 

 Myadestes elizabeth Stejn. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 26 (1882). 



Sp. Char. — Upper surface pale brownish olive, ashy on the head and 

 rump; wings dull brown margined with pale ashy olive; tail brown 

 margined with olive brown; central feathers dull brown, outer 

 feathers tipped with white ; throat and abdomen dull white; breast 

 and sides shading into ashy; a faint tinge of white at the base of the 

 forehead; lores and feathers at the eye showing pale buff"; ear- 

 coverts dull olive brown, with narrow white shaft-lines; flanks 

 showing a tinge of olive brown ; axillaries ash colored, showing a 

 buff tinge ; under wing-coverts pale bufl". 



Length, 7.90; wing, 3.45; tail, 3.35; tarsus, .88. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



