iSS6.] Cory on tite Birds of f lie West Indies. 2A.I 



MVTyiarchus crinitus (Linn.). 



Mtiscicapa crinita LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 325 (1766"). 



Myiarchus crinifns Cab. J. f. O. 1855, p. 479 (Cuba). — GuNDL. Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 239 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872, p. 426 (Cuba). 



— CouES, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1872, p. 63 (Cuba). 

 Tyr annus crinitus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860) 



(Cuba). 

 Accidental to Cuba. 



Genus Blacicus Caban. 



Blacicus Cabanis, J. f. O. 1SS5, P- 48o- 



Blaci'cus barbirostris (Swains.). 



Tyrannula barbirosiris Swains. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 367. 



Myiobius tristisGoss'E, Bds. Jam. p. 167 (1S47). — Albrecht,J. f. O. 1862, 



p. 199. 

 Blacicus tristis Cab. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 480. — ScL. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 324 



(1862).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 290.— Gray, 



Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1869). 

 Blacicus barbirostris, ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 85.— ScL. & Salv. Nom. 



Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 



108 (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Top of the head dark brown; pale brownish olive on 

 the back; a faint tinge of rufous on the upper tail-coverts; throat 

 gray; rest of underparts pale yellow; wings and tail dark brown ; the 

 secondaries and tail-feathers with pale edgings. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 5.75; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .75; bill, .55. 

 Habitat. Jamaica. 



Blacicus caribseus (D'Orb.). 



Muscipcta caribcBa D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 92 

 (1840). — GuNDL. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 316 (1852). 



Blacicus caribccus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — 

 GuNDL. Repert Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 240 (1865) ; ib. J. f. O. 1872, 

 p. 426. — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 363 (1869). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 53 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 15 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Malei—'Yoxi of head brownish olive, the feathers showing a 

 narrow streak of dark brown on the shafts, rest of upper plumage 

 dull olive; throat gray, with a faint tinge of yellowisli near the 



