JSS6.J Cory oti the. Birch of the West Indies. 2 ^ C 



tinged with rufous; throat pale;' wings and tail dark brown; upper 

 mandible dark brown ; lower mandible pale. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.62; tail, 2.20; tarsus, .60; bill, .45. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Contopus latirostris (Verr.). 



Myiobius latifostris Verr. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Bull. II, p. 22 (1866). — 



SCL. P. Z. S. 1871, p, 271. 

 Contopus latirostris ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 52 (1873). — 



Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (18S0).— Cory. List Bds. 



W. L p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — General plumage above dark olive; chestnut on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; underparts rufous chestnut, palest 

 on the throat; wings and tail dark brown, the latter faintly 

 tipped with buftj white; upper mandible brown; lower mandible 

 yellowish. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin) 5.25; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.45; tarsus, .38; bill. .40. 

 Habitat. Santa Lucia. 



Contopus bahamensis (Bryant). 



Einpidonax bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 109 



(1859).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 361 (1869). 

 Contopus caribceus var. bahamensis Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. 



Bds. n, p. 352 (1874)- 



Contopus bahamensis Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. loi (1880) ; ib. List Bds. 

 W. L p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male (.winter) : — Above brownish olive, becoming darker 

 upon the crown; a nearly complete circle of white around the eye, 

 broken above; lores ashy; below pale yellow, with a faint tinge of 

 olive; wings dark brown; under coverts pale orange j'ellow; 

 coverts, secondaries, and tertiaries brownish white, the coverts 

 forming two distinct bands upon the wing; tail dark brown, lighter 

 on the outer feathers ; legs and upper mandible black ; lower man- 

 dible pale, becoming darker at tip. One specimen taken had the 

 yellow of the breast much brighter and deeper, the crissum much 

 brighter, the olive markings heavier, and the under wing-coverts 

 pinkis/i. 



Female resembles the male. 



Length, 5.35; wing, 2.80; tail, 2.60; tarsus, .58; bill, .60. 

 Habitat. Bahamas. 



