2^8 CoRV on the Birds of the West Indies. [April 



the edges of the basal half of the outer webs ; secondaries edged 

 with dull white; under wing-coverts pale yellow; tail brown, the 

 second feather slightly edged with rufous on the inner web, heavier 

 on the third and fourth. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 7.25; wing, 3.50; tail, 3.25; tarsus. 85; bill, .75. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



This species differs from M. phcebe by the brighter yellow of 

 the belly and in being very slightly larger. 



■ Myiarchus phcEbe (D'Orb.). 



Tyrannus phivbc D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 84 (1840). 

 Muscicapa sagrcE, Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 313 (1852). 

 Myiarchus stolidus, Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 307 (1S60). 



— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 239 (1S65). 

 Tyranniila {Myiarchus) stolida (var. liicaysiensis) Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. XI, p. 66 (1866). 

 Myiarchus phcebe Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 358 (1869).— Sol. & Salv. Norn. 



Avium Neotr. p. 52 (1S73).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885). 

 Myiarchus stolidus var. phcebe CouES, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1872, p. 



78.— Bd. Bwr. & RiDGW. Hist. N. Am. Bds. II, p. 332 (1874). 

 Myiarchus sagra; Gundl. J. f. O. 1872, p. 424. 

 Myiarchus stolidus var. leucaysiensis Cory. Bds. Bahama I. p. 100 (18S0). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above brownish olive, becoming darker upon the 

 head, and shading into rufous on the rump; underparts ashj white, 

 shading into yellowish upon the abdomen and crissum ; wings dark 

 brown, the coverts tipped and edged with dull white, forming two 

 wing-bands; the basal half of the outer webs of the primaries, except 

 the first two, edged with rufous; some of the secondaries edged with 

 white; under wing-coverts pale yellowish white ; tail dark brown, 

 the feathers bordered with rufous upon the inner webs, very faintly 

 upon the two central ones ; legs and bill black. 



Length (skin), 7.20; wing, 3.25; tail, 3.20; tarsus, .75; bill, .65. 

 Habitat. Cuba and Bahamas. 



This species differs from M. dominiccnsis in lacking the bright 

 rufous edging on the primaries. Both M. stolidus and M. do- 

 mlnicensis have the belly yellow instead of didl white, as in M. 

 pkcehe. 



Myiarchus antillarum (Bryant). 



Tyrannus {Myiarchus) antillarum Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X, 

 p. 249 (1866). 



