iSS6.] Cory on the Bil-ds of the West Indies. 233 



Pitangus bahamensis Bryant. 



Tvraniins caudifasciatus Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 108 



(1859)- 

 Pitangus bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IX, p. 279 (1S64). 

 Gray', Handl. Bds. I, p. 357 (1869). — Cory, Bds. Baiiama I. p. 102 

 (1880); ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1SS5). 



Sp. Char. AIale:—hho\Q gray, with a tinge of olive on the back; top of 

 the head, incUiding the ejes, dark slate color, concealing a patch of 

 bright orange yellow upon the crown; underparts ashy white, shad- 

 ing into an olive tinge upon the flanks, and pale yellow upon the ab- 

 domenand crissum ; wings dark brown, edged with yellowish white, 

 the coverts with pale brown; under wing-coverts pale yellow; tail 

 dark brown; outer webs of first two and tipsof rest brownish white; 

 upper tail-coverts edged with rufous; bill and feet black. 



The female is similar to the male. 



Length, 8.10; wing, 4.20; tail, 3.50; tarsus, .80; bill, .96. 

 Habitat. Bahamas. 



Pitangus gabbii Lawr. 



Pitangus gabbii Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 288 (1876). — 

 Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 153 (1S81) ; /^. Bds. Haiti & 

 San Domingo, p. 76 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head and cheeks dark brown, the feathers 

 concealing a patch of bright orange yellow; back brown, lighter 

 than the head, and becoming still lighter towards the rump; wings 

 and tail brown ; the primaries heavily edged with rufous on the outer 

 edge; some of the secondaries showing pale white on the edges ; 

 wing-coverts and tail-feathers showing rufous edgings ; inner webs of 

 primaries and secondaries, and some of the under wing-coverts 

 edged with yellowish white, giving the under surface of the closed 

 wing a pale j'ellowish white color; entire under surface white; bill 

 and legs black. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 7.50; wing, 4; tail, 3.35; tarsus, .85; bill, .85. 

 Habitat. Haiti and San Domingo. 



Genus Empidonax Caban. 



Empidonax Cabanis, "Journ. fiir Ornith. HI, p. 480 (1855)." 



Empidonax nanus Lawr. 



Empidofiax nanus Lawr. Ibis, 1875, p. 386. — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Do- 

 mingo, p. 82 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 15 (1885). 



